22 College Road, Reading, RG6 1QB

22 College Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Reading (RG6 1QB). It has a recorded floor area of 198 m² (around 2131 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 4 certificates since March 2012. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump.

It hasn't traded since March 1995, a hold of 31 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 198 m² the property is well over the postcode median (148 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £712,000 sits 431.3% above the 1995 sale of £134,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£63/sq ft) was about 78.6% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.