Sheldonia, Bethesda Street, Upper Basildon, Reading, RG8 8NT

Sheldonia is a detached house in Upper Basildon, Reading, Reading (RG8 8NT). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2026) shows an F (score 26), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 53). Main heating runs on electricity. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.

At 81 m² it sits well below the postcode median (250 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £645,000 is 13.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£654/sq ft) was about 111.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £570,000 in December 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.