The Little Cottage, High Street, Sonning, Reading, RG4 6UP

The Little Cottage is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Sonning, Reading, Reading (RG4 6UP). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in January 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Period features are noted in the property record.

It hasn't traded since January 1998, a hold of 28 years that's notably long for the area. 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 £429,000 sits 156.9% above the 1998 sale of £167,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£219/sq ft) was about 37.9% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. At 71 m² it's 19.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (88 m² median across 24 EPCs). 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count.