7 Cockney Hill, Tilehurst, Reading, RG30 4HF

7 Cockney Hill is a five-bedroom detached house in Tilehurst, Reading, Reading (RG30 4HF). It has a recorded floor area of 209 m² (around 2250 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (April 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

It hasn't traded since December 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 209 m² the property is well over the postcode median (140 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2007–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 47.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £718,000 sits 126.1% above the 2007 sale of £317,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£141/sq ft) was about 55% below the postcode norm. 11 planning records sit against the property, 8 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.