2 Hendeys Cottages, Summerlug, Mortimer Common, Reading, RG7 2JU
About 2 Hendeys Cottages
2 Hendeys Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Mortimer Common, Reading, Reading (RG7 2JU). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2013) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
Last sale on file: £480,000 in September 2022. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2002. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£450/sq ft) was about 18.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 06 May 2023
EPC Rating
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Planning history
2 Hendeys Cottages has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 2 Hendeys Cottages, Summerlug, Mortimer Common, Reading, RG7 2JU
- Aug 2002ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey
Single storey extension to kitchen
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- 02/01349/HOUSE
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Sales history & valuation
2 Hendeys Cottages has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2002.
£471,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.1% per year over 21 years.
£480,000
Growth on file: 4.1% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
27 September 2022Most recent
£480,000
+39.1%over 9 years26 September 2013
£345,000
+15.4%over 4 years9 July 2009
£299,000
+42.4%over 7 years1 March 2002
£210,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG7 2JU: £420,000 (2022–1999).
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Glenapp Grange — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Mortimer St. John's C.E. Infant School. 5 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.1dB







