The Willows, Willow Lane, Wargrave, Reading, RG10 8LH

The Willows is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Wargrave, Reading, Reading (RG10 8LH). It has a recorded floor area of 216 m² (around 2325 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (December 2013) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Poor; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe, outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.

Sale prices here have outpaced Reading HPI: 4.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£849/sq ft) was about 36.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 12 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an annexe, an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Sold June 2021 for £1,975,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.