5 Crown Lane, Theale, Reading, RG7 5BG

5 Crown Lane is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Theale, Reading, Reading (RG7 5BG). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2013) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from September 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in July 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 94 m² the property is well over the postcode median (62 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). Across 2001–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £499,000 is 38.6% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£356/sq ft) was about 17.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.