22 Chester Street, Caversham, Reading, RG4 8JH

22 Chester Street is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Caversham, Reading, Reading (RG4 8JH). It has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (around 1238 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2017) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since March 2011. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.

At 115 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 7 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 5 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£477/sq ft) was about 89.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £590,000 in August 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.