8 Briar Close, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7QH

8 Briar Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Caversham, Reading, Reading (RG4 7QH). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £574,000 is 26.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£455/sq ft) was about 73.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 93 m² it's 15.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (111 m² median across 6 EPCs). Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £455,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.