89 Hilltop Road, Earley, Reading, RG6 1DB

89 Hilltop Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Earley, Reading, Reading (RG6 1DB). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 527 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (January 2016) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced Reading HPI: 10% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£939/sq ft) was about 275% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 49 m² it sits well below the postcode median (116 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £495,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.