2 Cardinal Close, Caversham, Reading, RG4 8BZ

2 Cardinal Close is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Caversham, Reading, Reading (RG4 8BZ). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 395 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2011) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from February 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 37 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 37 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 32–145 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 37 units on file.

At 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (102 m² across 36 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs). Last changed hands 9 years ago, in October 2017. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2000–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£557/sq ft) was about 98.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.