Birch Court, Flat 2, Basingstoke Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1AE

Birch Court is a semi-detached house in Spencers Wood, Reading, Reading (RG7 1AE). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 926 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. At 86 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 3 units on EPC record in Birch Court, where floor areas span 58–100 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (August 2024) shows a C (score 72). The rating has held steady at C across 4 certificates since July 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good.

Held since December 1995 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £251,000 sits 286.2% above the 1995 sale of £65,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£70/sq ft) was about 70.8% below the postcode norm. At 86 m² it's 24.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (114 m² median across 20 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 70% of similar EPCs).