Thatched Cottage, Crookham Common Road, Crookham Common, Thatcham, RG19 8BR

Thatched Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Crookham Common, Thatcham, Thatcham (RG19 8BR). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1256 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. The latest certificate (October 2010) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 69). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from October 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £896,000 sits 144.1% above the 1995 sale of £367,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£292/sq ft) was about 20.8% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 117 m² it's 29.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (166 m² median across 5 EPCs).