A EMPTY house in East Reading will be converted into a home, two years after it was put on the market.
The end of terrace property on Cumberland Road has been without tenants for a number of years, and had been used as a community office. A slightly larger than average Newtown terrace, originally built for workers at the Huntley & Palmers biscuit factory, it didn’t have a bathroom, just a downstairs toilet and sink.
Although marketed as a three-bedroom home, a planning application has given approval for it to be converted into a home with two bedrooms, as well as a kitchen, living facilities and a bath on the ground floor, and a double bedroom, a single bedroom and a study on the first floor.
The property is unusual for Newtown in that it has a double-width garden and a driveway.
To view the application, log on to Reading Borough Council’s planning website and search for number 230251.
