Scarletts Cottage, Plastow Green, Headley, Thatcham, RG19 8LP

Scarletts Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Headley, Thatcham, Thatcham (RG19 8LP). It has a recorded floor area of 268 m² (around 2885 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since January 2013. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views.

At 268 m² the property is well over the postcode median (190 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2014–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,489,000 is 10.3% above the 2021 sale price. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £1,350,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.