Meadow Lark, Church Lane, Thatcham, RG19 3JL

Meadow Lark is a three-bedroom detached house in Thatcham (RG19 3JL). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1400 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2009) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 69). The latest certificate is from March 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since May 2011 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 130 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 1999–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £504,000 is 41.2% above the 2011 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£255/sq ft) was about 22.8% below the postcode norm.