23 Crown Lane, Theale, Reading, RG7 5BG

23 Crown Lane is a two-bedroom detached house in Theale, Reading, Reading (RG7 5BG). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2015) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (January 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 106), a 4-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 77 m² it's 24.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (62 m² median across 27 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). Across 2015–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£451/sq ft) was about 52.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £374,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.