Driftside, Basingstoke Road, Three Mile Cross, Reading, RG7 1AT

Driftside is a five-bedroom detached house in Three Mile Cross, Reading, Reading (RG7 1AT). It has a recorded floor area of 177 m² (around 1907 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2009) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). The latest certificate is from April 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.

It hasn't traded since August 2009, a hold of 17 years that's notably long for the area. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 177 m² the property is well over the postcode median (114 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £598,000 sits 53.3% above the 2009 sale of £390,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£204/sq ft) was about 32.4% below the postcode norm.