4 Burdock Close, Burghfield Common, Reading, RG7 3YY

4 Burdock Close is a semi-detached house in Burghfield Common, Reading, Reading (RG7 3YY). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2018) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in October 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 89).

At 42 m² it sits well below the postcode median (86 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 73% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2015–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £259,000 is 17.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£487/sq ft) was about 120.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold February 2021 for £220,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.