257 Hyde End Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1DA

257 Hyde End Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Spencers Wood, Reading, Reading (RG7 1DA). It has a recorded floor area of 201 m² (around 2164 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in July 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average.

One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 1995–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £765,000 is 17.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£300/sq ft) was about 15.2% below the postcode norm. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £650,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.