5 Shepherds Avenue, Earley, Reading, RG6 1AY

5 Shepherds Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Earley, Reading, Reading (RG6 1AY). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings.

Sale prices here have outpaced Reading HPI: 8.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £391,000 is 18.5% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£432/sq ft) was about 48.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 9 years ago, in December 2016. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 71 m² it's 20.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (89 m² median across 7 EPCs).