Flat 5, 13 Derby Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5HE

Flat 5 is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Caversham, Reading, Reading (RG4 5HE). It has a recorded floor area of 101 m² (around 1082 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. At 101 m² this is the 4th smallest of 5 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 82–105 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (March 2012) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since January 2009. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The latest certificate is from March 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 101 m² it's 22.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (82 m² median across 27 EPCs). Across 1995–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£388/sq ft) was about 48% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £420,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.