The Old Cross Keys, Cross Keys Road, South Stoke, Reading, RG8 0JT

The Old Cross Keys is a detached house in South Stoke, Reading, Reading (RG8 0JT). It has a recorded floor area of 191 m² (around 2059 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2010) shows an F (score 31), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since May 2010. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 46). The latest certificate is from September 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since January 2011, a hold of 15 years that's notably long for the area. At 191 m² the property is well over the postcode median (111 m² across 11 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 £745,000 sits 217% above the 2011 sale of £235,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£114/sq ft) was about 65.2% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2010.