5 Chester Street, Caversham, Reading, RG4 8JH

5 Chester Street is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Caversham, Reading, Reading (RG4 8JH). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2019) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 2-band jump.

Untraded for 16 years, with the last transfer in October 2010. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1998–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £377,000 sits 60.4% above the 2010 sale of £235,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£326/sq ft) was about 24.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 67 m² it's 17.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (82 m² median across 22 EPCs).