Ailsa Craig, Thornford Road, Headley, Thatcham, RG19 8AD

Ailsa Craig is a four-bedroom detached house in Headley, Thatcham, Thatcham (RG19 8AD). It has a recorded floor area of 176 m² (around 1894 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2018 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 176 m² the property is well over the postcode median (133 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2020. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2020–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 25.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£389/sq ft) was about 34.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £736,856. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.