272 Hyde End Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1DL

272 Hyde End Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Spencers Wood, Reading, Reading (RG7 1DL). It has a recorded floor area of 126 m² (around 1356 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2016) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since June 2013. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average; while lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 4-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 126 m² it sits well below the postcode median (186 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1999–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £728,000 is 23.4% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£435/sq ft) was about 77.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 10 years since the last transfer (November 2016).