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

Woodbine Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Beech Hill, Reading, Reading (RG7 2AZ). It has a recorded floor area of 176 m² (around 1894 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2013) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in August 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 4 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and window efficiency went from Poor to Good. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from December 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The property has solar panels and underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include outbuildings. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 176 m² it's 29.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (136 m² median across 6 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £995,000 is 30.1% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£404/sq ft) was about 82.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in April 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years.