Westdene, Basingstoke Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1AP

Westdene is a four-bedroom detached house in Spencers Wood, Reading, Reading (RG7 1AP). It has a recorded floor area of 207 m² (around 2228 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Other recorded features include a conservatory and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 207 m² the property is well over the postcode median (150 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, partial demolition and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£420/sq ft) was about 54.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £935,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.