13 Birch Road, Burghfield Common, Reading, RG7 3LS

13 Birch Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Burghfield Common, Reading, Reading (RG7 3LS). It has a recorded floor area of 171 m² (around 1841 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2017) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 2-band jump. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility.

Held since January 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 171 m² the property is well over the postcode median (125 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £623,000 sits 114.8% above the 2010 sale of £290,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£158/sq ft) was about 47.8% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2010. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.