Owermoigne Cottage, Bath Road, Speen, Newbury, RG14 1QT

Owermoigne Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Speen, Newbury, Newbury (RG14 1QT). It has a recorded floor area of 158 m² (around 1699 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2011) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 62). The latest certificate is from August 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since February 2008, a hold of 18 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 158 m² the property is well over the postcode median (104 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £633,000 sits 86.2% above the 2008 sale of £340,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£200/sq ft) was about 54% below the postcode norm.