1 Elstow Avenue, Caversham, Reading, RG4 6RX

1 Elstow Avenue is a four-bedroom detached house in Caversham, Reading, Reading (RG4 6RX). It has a recorded floor area of 154 m² (around 1658 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2012) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 154 m² the property is well over the postcode median (103 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2012, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £522,000 is 49.1% above the 2012 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£211/sq ft) was about 23.4% below the postcode norm. On the market in July 2012 and unlisted since — roughly 14 years.