9 Blackbird Close, Burghfield Common, Reading, RG7 3PQ

9 Blackbird Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Burghfield Common, Reading, Reading (RG7 3PQ). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2016) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in June 2012 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 87). The latest certificate is from May 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 80 m² the property is well over the postcode median (54 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in September 2016. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £408,000 is 20% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£395/sq ft) was about 49.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.