Lancambria, Basingstoke Road, Swallowfield, Reading, RG7 1PY

Lancambria is a six-bedroom detached house in Swallowfield, Reading, Reading (RG7 1PY). It has a recorded floor area of 276 m² (around 2971 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in June 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views and attached land beyond the plot.

At 276 m² the property is well over the postcode median (187 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 8 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£468/sq ft) was about 20.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £1,389,960. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.