Chapel House, Mount Pleasant, Beenham, Reading, RG7 5NU

Chapel House is a four-bedroom detached house in Beenham, Reading, Reading (RG7 5NU). It has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (around 1485 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

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 138 m² the property is well over the postcode median (65 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Across 2005–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 28% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £601,000 sits 52.2% above the 2007 sale of £395,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£266/sq ft) was about 29.2% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.