Jasmine Cottage, Thames Street, Sonning, Reading, RG4 6UR

Jasmine Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Sonning, Reading, Reading (RG4 6UR). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in November 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 65 m² it sits well below the postcode median (174 m² across 37 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Across 1995–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £579,000 is 12.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£736/sq ft) was about 96.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £515,000 in May 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.