5 Captains Gorse, Upper Basildon, Reading, RG8 8SZ

5 Captains Gorse is a five-bedroom detached house in Upper Basildon, Reading, Reading (RG8 8SZ). It has a recorded floor area of 219 m² (around 2357 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since November 2010. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 69). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility. The home occupies a corner plot.

10 years since the last transfer (May 2016). Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 219 m² it's 21% larger than the typical home in the postcode (181 m² median across 5 EPCs). Across 1995–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,034,000 is 16.8% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£375/sq ft) was about 49% above the typical sold price in the postcode.