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

Tanglewood is a detached house in Upper Basildon, Reading, Reading (RG8 8NT). It has a recorded floor area of 153 m² (around 1647 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2017) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since February 2010. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 153 m² it sits well below the postcode median (268 m² across 11 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. 9 years since the last transfer (November 2017). Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 8 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2006–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £866,000 is 13.2% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£465/sq ft) was about 64.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.