Flat 5, 229 Hyde End Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1BU

Flat 5 is a two-bedroom detached house in Spencers Wood, Reading, Reading (RG7 1BU). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2021. The property has an EV charger on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. At 64 m² this is the 4th smallest of 5 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 24–67 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (50 versus a best of 63). The latest certificate (August 2021) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff.

At 64 m² it sits well below the postcode median (138 m² across 23 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£381/sq ft) was about 21.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2021 at £262,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.