7 Grange Avenue, Reading, RG6 1DJ

7 Grange Avenue is a six-bedroom mid-terrace house in Reading (RG6 1DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 119 m² (around 1281 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows a C (score 71). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85).

It hasn't traded since January 2008, a hold of 18 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced Reading HPI: 19% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £438,000 sits 75.2% above the 2008 sale of £250,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£195/sq ft) was about 31.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 8 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 4 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 119 m² it's 21.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (98 m² median across 40 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs). 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count.