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Get started2 Orchard Cottages is a semi-detached house in Waltham St. Lawrence, Reading, Reading (RG10 0JX). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in April 2019 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
2 Orchard Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
2 Orchard Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£406,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
CO₂ Emissions for 2 Orchard Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
48 (E)
Street avg 52 (E)
Floor Area
79 m²
Street avg 83 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.6 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.1dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
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Median price across the last 3 sales in RG10 0JX: £370,000 (2024–1999).
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
RG10 0QR
The Bell — bus stop.
Closest school
1.6 km
Waltham St Lawrence Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.0dB