43 Buxton Avenue, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7BT

43 Buxton Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Caversham, Reading, Reading (RG4 7BT). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2018) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and window efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include a loft. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 114 m² it's 18.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (140 m² median across 15 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £585,000 is 30% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£367/sq ft) was about 25.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold April 2019 for £450,000.