5 Heather Close, Sonning Common, Reading, RG4 9EF

5 Heather Close is a five-bedroom detached house in Sonning Common, Reading, Reading (RG4 9EF). It has a recorded floor area of 154 m² (around 1658 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since October 1996 — that's 30 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 £861,000 sits 262.5% above the 1996 sale of £237,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£143/sq ft) was about 56.8% below the postcode norm. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.