Oakthorpe, Southend Road, Bradfield Southend, Reading, RG7 6EY

Oakthorpe is a detached house in Bradfield Southend, Reading, Reading (RG7 6EY). It has a recorded floor area of 122 m² (around 1313 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2014) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since April 2010. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 122 m² the property is well over the postcode median (85 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£400/sq ft) was about 35.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2021 for £525,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.