Hill Cottage, Bath Road, Speen, Newbury, RG14 1RG
About Hill Cottage
Hill Cottage is an end-of-terrace house in Speen, Newbury, Newbury (RG14 1RG). It has a recorded floor area of 235 m² (around 2530 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2017) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump.
At 235 m² the property is well over the postcode median (161 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £758,000 is 14.9% above the 2021 sale price. Sold November 2021 for £659,950. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Hill Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Hill Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
8applications of note in the surrounding area
We flagged 2 things worth checking at Hill Cottage
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£758,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£659,950
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
5 November 2021Most recent
£659,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG14 1RG: £682,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in RG14 1RG
Sun Hill, Bath Road, Speen, Newbury, RG14 1RG
Sold Nov 2025
£705,000Bath Cottage, Bath Road, Speen, Newbury, RG14 1RG
Sold Aug 2025
£682,0003 Hillside Cottages, Bath Road, Speen, Newbury, RG14 1RG
Sold May 2024
£217,5004 Hillside Cottages, Bath Road, Speen, Newbury, RG14 1RG
Sold May 2024
£202,500Marlyns, Bath Road, Speen, Newbury, RG14 1RG
Sold Nov 2023
£1,045,000
Everything we know about Hill Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Bath Road homes
EPC Rating for Hill Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,808
Street avg £3,204
Floor Area
235 m²
Street avg 141 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 5.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
12/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Hare and Hounds — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Robert Sandilands Primary School and Nursery. 13 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
55.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
48.5dB