17 Mallard Way, Aldermaston, Reading, RG7 4UT

17 Mallard Way is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Aldermaston, Reading, Reading (RG7 4UT). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).

Held since May 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £432,000 sits 402.6% above the 1997 sale of £85,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£68/sq ft) was about 70.9% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.