1 Derby Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5HE

1 Derby Road is a semi-detached house in Caversham, Reading, Reading (RG4 5HE). It has a recorded floor area of 131 m² (around 1410 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2015) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Today's modelled estimate of £588,000 is 21.6% below the 2016 sale of £750,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£532/sq ft) was about 98.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 131 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 12 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 6 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in October 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years.