23 Aldbourne Avenue, Earley, Reading, RG6 7DB

23 Aldbourne Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Earley, Reading, Reading (RG6 7DB). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1109 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in June 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 103 m² it sits well below the postcode median (158 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2024. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£622/sq ft) was about 48.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £690,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.