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About 1 Grange Cottages
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
1 Grange Cottages is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Hurst, Reading, Reading (RG10 0RD). It has a recorded floor area of 170 m² (around 1830 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Sale prices here have outpaced Reading HPI: 7.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. At 170 m² the property is well over the postcode median (116 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £1,250,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
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Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms3
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Utility roomYes
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
1 Grange Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D62
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
6.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 1 Grange Cottages, Broad Common Road, Hurst, Reading, RG10 0RD, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
1 Grange Cottages has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Mar 2025ExtensionConditionsApprove
Extension: Single storey
Application to vary condition 2 of planning consent 232790 for the householder application for the proposed first floor extension above the garage to create habitable accommodation along with changes to fenestration. Condition 2 refers to the approved details and the variation is to make changes and amendments to fenestration.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Price for 1 Grange Cottages has grown more than fourfold since the 1998 starting point.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£1,273,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.9% per year over 23 years.
Last sold (2021)
£1,250,000
Growth on file: 7.9% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Broad Common Road homes
Four headline reads against 3 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
1 Grange Cottages outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
62 (D)
Street avg 54 (E)
Floor Area
170 m²
Street avg 112 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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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
1.0 km
Road noise across the postcode
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Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.7dB
Everything within walking distance
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