6 Abingdon Drive, Caversham, Reading, RG4 6RU

6 Abingdon Drive is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Caversham, Reading, Reading (RG4 6RU). It has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (around 1485 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2019) returns a B (score 84), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in January 2013 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 138 m² the property is well over the postcode median (106 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 1998–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £573,000 sits 97.6% above the 2013 sale of £290,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£195/sq ft) was about 40.8% below the postcode norm. 14 planning records sit against the property, 10 approved, 4 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in July 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years.