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

31 Broad Lane is a four-bedroom detached house in Upper Bucklebury, Reading, Reading (RG7 6QH). It has a recorded floor area of 195 m² (around 2099 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81). Main heating runs on oil.

Held since July 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £835,000 sits 234.1% above the 2006 sale of £249,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£119/sq ft) was about 52.5% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 195 m² it's 21.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (160 m² median across 18 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs).