Four Birches, Broomhill, Bath Road, Beenham, Reading, RG7 5QB

Four Birches is a detached house in Beenham, Reading, Reading (RG7 5QB). It has a recorded floor area of 204 m² (around 2196 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2013) shows a C (score 79), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in July 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 87). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Across 2011–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £818,000 is 17.8% below the 2022 sale of £995,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£453/sq ft) was about 75.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 204 m² the property is well over the postcode median (100 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold September 2022 for £995,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.