Grove Paddock, Reading Road, Lower Basildon, Reading, RG8 9ND

Grove Paddock is a detached house in Lower Basildon, Reading, Reading (RG8 9ND). It has a recorded floor area of 156 m² (around 1679 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows an F (score 25), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since January 2014. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Good and main heating went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 53). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 156 m² the property is well over the postcode median (113 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £1,010,000 is 14.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£524/sq ft) was about 34.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2021 at £880,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.