79 Henley Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 6DS

79 Henley Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Caversham, Reading, Reading (RG4 6DS). It has a recorded floor area of 151 m² (around 1625 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2018) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in March 2016 the rating was G, the property has climbed 4 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).

At 151 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 32 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 72% of similar EPCs). 10 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 6 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2016–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£425/sq ft) was about 80.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £690,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.