49 St Marys Avenue, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BJ

49 St Marys Avenue is a four-bedroom detached house in Purley On Thames, Reading, Reading (RG8 8BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 149 m² (around 1604 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in April 2011 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81).

At 149 m² the property is well over the postcode median (108 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 79% of similar EPCs). 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. Across 2001–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £580,000 is 24.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£290/sq ft) was about 38% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold November 2021 for £465,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.