29 Broad Lane, Upper Bucklebury, Reading, RG7 6QH

29 Broad Lane is a detached house in Upper Bucklebury, Reading, Reading (RG7 6QH). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2026) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.

Held since October 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 111 m² it sits well below the postcode median (165 m² across 20 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £533,000 sits 384.5% above the 1996 sale of £110,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£92/sq ft) was about 63.4% below the postcode norm.