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Get startedCopper Beeches is a detached house in Knowl Hill, Reading, Reading (RG10 9UT). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2023) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 12 certificates since September 2014. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Good to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 52 m² it sits well below the postcode median (179 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 12 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 6 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
A change of use to residential application was refused at Copper Beeches in 2025.
Application for a certificate of existing lawful development for the formation and occupation of 8 no. independent flats.
Copper Beeches has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£371,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Copper Beeches is notably below the street on habitable rooms.
EPC Rating
58 (D)
Street avg 54 (E)
Floor Area
52 m²
Street avg 265 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.5 t/year
Street avg 14.5 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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.0dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Hot water system changed
Window efficiency improved
Heating system upgraded to a more efficient system
Hot water system upgraded
Wall insulation improved
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
Window efficiency improved
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
Heating system changed
Hot water system changed
Wall insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Heating system upgraded to a more efficient system
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system upgraded
Heating system changed
Heating controls changed
Hot water system changed
Wall insulation improved
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Roof insulation improved
Floor insulation added or improved
Window efficiency improved
Wall insulation improved
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Full application for the proposed change of use of existing property to 9no. residential flats Use Class C3. (retrospective)
10 more applications for this property
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Median price across the last 5 sales in RG10 9UT: £880,000 (2021–2001).
Habitable Rooms
1 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
RG10 9HY
Castle Royale Golf Club — bus stop.
Closest school
1.5 km
Knowl Hill Church of England Primary Academy. 4 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.1dB