2 Beenhams Heath Cottages, Mare Lane, Beenham Heath, Shurlock Row, Reading, RG10 0QH

2 Beenhams Heath Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Shurlock Row, Reading, Reading (RG10 0QH). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Held since April 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £556,000 sits 241.1% above the 2000 sale of £163,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£158/sq ft) was about 54.7% 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.