289 Hyde End Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1DB

289 Hyde End Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Spencers Wood, Reading, Reading (RG7 1DB). It has a recorded floor area of 202 m² (around 2174 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2015) shows an E (score 52), 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 July 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 202 m² the property is well over the postcode median (123 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £768,000 is 25.9% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£281/sq ft) was about 69.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 10 years since the last transfer (January 2016).