21 Beech Road, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8DR

21 Beech Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Purley On Thames, Reading, Reading (RG8 8DR). It has a recorded floor area of 207 m² (around 2228 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2022) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in March 2018 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.

At 207 m² the property is well over the postcode median (145 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 88% of similar EPCs). A recent sale: £1,118,000 in March 2025. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2018–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£502/sq ft) was about 58.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.