Fiveways, The Common, Silchester, Reading, RG7 2PH

Fiveways is a three-bedroom detached house in Silchester, Reading, Reading (RG7 2PH). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (June 2014) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 98 m² it sits well below the postcode median (148 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £500,000 in June 2021. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£474/sq ft) was about 79.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.