5 Crawshay Drive, Emmer Green, Reading, RG4 8SX

5 Crawshay Drive is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Emmer Green, Reading, Reading (RG4 8SX). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2015) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since April 2014. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 91 m² it's 25.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (123 m² median across 20 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 8 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 4 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £626,000 is 35.5% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£472/sq ft) was about 45.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 12 years ago, in October 2014.