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

25 Highdown Avenue is a five-bedroom detached house in Emmer Green, Reading, Reading (RG4 8QT). It has a recorded floor area of 155 m² (around 1672 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2009) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73). The latest certificate is from May 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Held since October 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £780,000 sits 423.5% above the 1997 sale of £149,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£89/sq ft) was about 73.7% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, partial demolition and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 155 m² it's 27.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (122 m² median across 8 EPCs).