Elm House, Thames Street, Sonning, Reading, RG4 6UR

Elm House is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Sonning, Reading, Reading (RG4 6UR). It has a recorded floor area of 373 m² (around 4015 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band H. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include a conservatory. The latest certificate (April 2019) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in June 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).

At 373 m² the property is well over the postcode median (157 m² across 37 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 13 planning records sit against the property, 9 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion, a porch and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£648/sq ft) was about 72.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold October 2021 for £2,600,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.