5 Farley Court, Church Road, Farley Hill, Reading, RG7 1TT

5 Farley Court is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Farley Hill, Reading, Reading (RG7 1TT). It has a recorded floor area of 294 m² (around 3165 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include notable views and a basement. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Held since September 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 294 m² the property is well over the postcode median (155 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £796,000 sits 91.8% above the 2009 sale of £415,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£131/sq ft) was about 51.5% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 4 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.