78a, Reading Road, Pangbourne, Reading, RG8 7JE

78a is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Pangbourne, Reading, Reading (RG8 7JE). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1967-1975. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). Main heating runs on electricity. At 47 m² this is the 23rd smallest of 33 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 28–179 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. Other recorded features include a balcony.

At 47 m² the property is well over the postcode median (28 m² across 32 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. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£415/sq ft) was about 18.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £210,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.