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Get started1 Oak Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Shurlock Row, Reading, Reading (RG10 0PH). It has a recorded floor area of 143 m² (around 1539 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (June 2017); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.
It hasn't traded since August 2003, a hold of 23 years that's notably long for the area. Sale prices here have outpaced Reading HPI: 10.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £744,000 sits 109.6% above the 2003 sale of £355,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£231/sq ft) was about 16.8% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
1 Oak Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
1 Oak Cottage has an approved side extension on the planning record.
Extension: Side of property
Part two storey, part single storey side extension
1 Oak Cottage's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£744,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.2% per year over 5 years.
£355,000
Growth on file: 10.2% per year over 5 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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.3dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Hot water system changed
Floor insulation added or improved
More low energy lighting installed
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1 more application for this property
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27 August 2003Most recent
£355,000
+27.2%over 3 years23 December 1999
£279,000
+26.2%over 1 year16 October 1998
£221,000
Median price across the last 3 sales in RG10 0PH: £385,000 (2016–1999).
RG10 0PU
Royal Oak PH — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Waltham St Lawrence Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.9dB
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