Myrtle Cottage, Bath Road, Knowl Hill, Reading, RG10 9UR

Myrtle Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Knowl Hill, Reading, Reading (RG10 9UR). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a balcony and a self-contained annexe. Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since March 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced Reading HPI: 15.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £552,000 sits 120.8% above the 2003 sale of £250,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£213/sq ft) was about 43.8% below the postcode norm. At 109 m² the property is well over the postcode median (79 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.