11 Berstead Close, Lower Earley, Reading, RG6 4DE

11 Berstead Close is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Lower Earley, Reading, Reading (RG6 4DE). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2018) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 42 m² this is the 10th smallest of 13 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 24–92 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 13 units on file.

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in January 2007. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 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: 8.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £192,000 is 39.1% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£305/sq ft) was about 22% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs).