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Get started2 Ivy Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Hurst, Reading, Reading (RG10 0BY). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since March 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings.
Sale prices here have outpaced Reading HPI: 4.4% per year against -0.1% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£619/sq ft) was about 136.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It changed hands recently, sold June 2025 for £540,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
2 Ivy Cottage has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2006.
£546,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.4% per year over 19 years.
£540,000
Growth on file: 4.4% per year over 19 years.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.0dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency decreased
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
More low energy lighting installed
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17 June 2025Most recent
£540,000
+44.0%over 10 years12 September 2014
£375,000
+19.0%over 4 years20 November 2009
£315,000
+31.3%over 3 years23 June 2006
£240,000
Median price across the last 3 sales in RG10 0BY: £350,000 (2018–2005).
RG10 0HY
Pond — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
St Nicholas Church of England Primary, Hurst. 6 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.7dB
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