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About The Old Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
The Old Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Hurst, Reading, Reading (RG10 0RE). It has a recorded floor area of 213 m² (around 2293 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings.
At 213 m² the property is well over the postcode median (139 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£763/sq ft) was about 26921.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £1,750,000 in August 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- 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.
The Old Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D59
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
7.9 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against The Old Cottage, Broadcommon Road, Hurst, Reading, RG10 0RE, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
- Feb 2024AmendmentApprove
Retrospective householder application for the proposed temporary construction access, including temporary hardstanding and access in connection with planning permission 214157.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£1,766,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (2021)
£1,750,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
Versus other Broadcommon Road homes
Four headline reads against 5 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On epc rating, The Old Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
59 (D)
Street avg 68 (D)
Floor Area
213 m²
Street avg 143 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.9 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
0.9 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around RG10 0RE from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.1dB
Everything within walking distance
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