The Garden Cottage, Mill Lane, Sindlesham, Wokingham, RG41 5DF

The Garden Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Sindlesham, Wokingham, Wokingham (RG41 5DF). It has a recorded floor area of 148 m² (around 1597 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (April 2011) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The latest certificate is from April 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility.

At 148 m² the property is well over the postcode median (110 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 2012–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £693,000 sits 65% above the 2013 sale of £420,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£263/sq ft) was about 40.7% below the postcode norm. 8 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 13 years since the last transfer (July 2013).