Old Vicarage East, Rectory Gardens, Thatcham, RG19 3PR
About Old Vicarage East
Old Vicarage East is a semi-detached house in Thatcham (RG19 3PR). It has a recorded floor area of 273 m² (around 2939 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).
3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 273 m² it's 23.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (221 m² median across 5 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £732,000 is 41.6% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£176/sq ft) was about 37.7% below the postcode norm. 11 years since the last transfer (October 2015).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Old Vicarage East's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Old Vicarage East has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- Jul 2015ConditionsIn report
Application for approval of details reserved by Condition 12 - Windows and Doors of Listed Building Consent 12/01275/LBC (Conversion of an existing dwelling to form two dwellings involving internal and external alterations; erection of a garage; and associated works).
Listed- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 15/01405/COND2
- Jan 2015ExtensionHeritageIn report
Extension: Single storey
Extension to the existing garage and alterations to the roof together with the formation of a ground floor wc/store in the understairs void
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/03090/LBC2
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
£732,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£517,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
27 October 2015Most recent
£517,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in RG19 3PR: £638,500 (2015–2012).
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Rectory Gardens homes
Price per m² for Old Vicarage East lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,894
Street avg £2,996
Floor Area
273 m²
Street avg 227 m²
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
Years Held
11 years
Street avg 13 years
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Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Nevil Court — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Spurcroft Primary School. 11 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.7dB