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Get startedThe 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.
The Old Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Retrospective householder application for the proposed temporary construction access, including temporary hardstanding and access in connection with planning permission 214157.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£1,766,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,750,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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
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

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.1dB

Extension: Part single, part two storey · Rear of property
Householder application for the proposed erection of single storey infill, part single part two-storey extension, changes to fenestration, garage conversion to create habitable accommodation plus the insertion of 1no. dormer windows to first floor, the insertion of 2no. roof lights, plus insertion of swimming pool and outbuilding following demolition of existing utility room.
1 more application for this property
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20 August 2021Most recent
£1,750,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG10 0RE: £365,000 (2017–2003).
Street avg 4.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
RG10 0JU
Pond — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
St Nicholas Church of England Primary, Hurst. 4 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.9dB
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