5 The Strouds, Beenham, Reading, RG7 5NW

5 The Strouds is a four-bedroom detached house in Beenham, Reading, Reading (RG7 5NW). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1615 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2016) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in April 2014 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

It hasn't traded since January 1997, a hold of 29 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 150 m² the property is well over the postcode median (100 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £588,000 sits 429.7% above the 1997 sale of £111,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£69/sq ft) was about 79.5% below the postcode norm.