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Get startedGardeners Cottage is a detached house in Twyford, Reading, Reading (RG10 0NA). It has a recorded floor area of 155 m² (around 1668 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2018) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since November 2013. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and lighting went from Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 155 m² the property is well over the postcode median (110 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock.
Gardeners Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Gardeners Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£863,000
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.
Floor Area for Gardeners Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
42 (E)
Street avg 43 (E)
Floor Area
155 m²
Street avg 281 m²
CO₂ Emissions
8.7 t/year
Street avg 17.9 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
1.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.6dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Hot water efficiency improved
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
More low energy lighting installed
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Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
RG10 0JU
Pond — bus stop.
Closest school
1.7 km
St Nicholas Church of England Primary, Hurst. 4 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.4dB