5 Burniston Close, Lower Earley, Reading, RG6 3XE

5 Burniston Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Lower Earley, Reading, Reading (RG6 3XE). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2015) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (August 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, main heating went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Sale prices here have outpaced Reading HPI: 4.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £409,000 is 36.3% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£357/sq ft) was about 81.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 78 m² it's 23.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (103 m² median across 8 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). On the market in November 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years.