30 Balmore Drive, Caversham, Reading, RG4 8NL

30 Balmore Drive is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Caversham, Reading, Reading (RG4 8NL). It has a recorded floor area of 148 m² (around 1593 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2015) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since March 2014. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 148 m² the property is well over the postcode median (112 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2014–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£486/sq ft) was about 28.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £775,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.