15 Highdown Avenue, Emmer Green, Reading, RG4 8QT

15 Highdown Avenue is a semi-detached house in Emmer Green, Reading, Reading (RG4 8QT). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2013) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from February 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 81 m² it sits well below the postcode median (130 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £436,000 is 47.5% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£339/sq ft) was about 23.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in May 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years.