Montagues, The Hatch, Burghfield, Reading, RG30 3TH

Montagues is a detached house in Burghfield, Reading, Reading (RG30 3TH). It has a recorded floor area of 277 m² (around 2982 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (December 2015) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from December 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since May 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. At 277 m² the property is well over the postcode median (180 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £1,040,000 sits 357.1% above the 1995 sale of £227,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£76/sq ft) was about 75.9% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.