5 Birchwood Close, Caversham, Reading, RG4 8XR

5 Birchwood Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Caversham, Reading, Reading (RG4 8XR). It has a recorded floor area of 137 m² (around 1475 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band F. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (October 2018) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).

At 137 m² the property is well over the postcode median (104 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1998–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £681,000 is 34.9% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£342/sq ft) was about 19.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £505,000 in September 2019.