Rose Cottage, Beech Hill Road, Beech Hill, Reading, RG7 2AZ

Rose Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Beech Hill, Reading, Reading (RG7 2AZ). It has a recorded floor area of 122 m² (around 1313 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in May 2015 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 98), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 122 m² it's 24.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (161 m² median across 6 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2000–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £572,000 is 40.4% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£310/sq ft) was about 45.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2019 at £407,500.