Bird Rock, Southend Road, Bradfield Southend, Reading, RG7 6EY

Bird Rock is a detached house in Bradfield Southend, Reading, Reading (RG7 6EY). It has a recorded floor area of 213 m² (around 2293 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2016) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since August 2015. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 213 m² the property is well over the postcode median (85 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £844,000 sits 76.8% above the 2015 sale of £477,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£208/sq ft) was about 30.8% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in October 2015.