78a, Star Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5BE

78a is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Caversham, Reading, Reading (RG4 5BE). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since September 2010. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.

Held since July 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £415,000 sits 225.5% above the 1999 sale of £127,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£144/sq ft) was about 39.3% below the postcode norm. At 82 m² it's 17.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (70 m² median across 56 EPCs).