Elder Cottage, Oxford Road, Donnington, Newbury, RG14 3AG

Elder Cottage is a detached house in Donnington, Newbury, Newbury (RG14 3AG). It has a recorded floor area of 122 m² (around 1313 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows a C (score 73). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since March 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 86).

At 122 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £625,000 in July 2022. Across the public record there are 5 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. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2008–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£476/sq ft) was about 32.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.