4 Elstow Avenue, Caversham, Reading, RG4 6RX

4 Elstow Avenue is a three-bedroom detached house in Caversham, Reading, Reading (RG4 6RX). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in November 2011 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 80 m² it's 28% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (111 m² median across 14 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 2003–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £499,000 is 10.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£523/sq ft) was about 119.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £450,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2017.