Chaldon, Pangbourne Road, Upper Basildon, Reading, RG8 8LN

Chaldon is a semi-detached house in Upper Basildon, Reading, Reading (RG8 8LN). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since July 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £585,000 sits 150% above the 2001 sale of £234,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£160/sq ft) was about 37.2% below the postcode norm. At 136 m² it sits well below the postcode median (243 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.