Cherrytree Cottage, The Common, Silchester, Reading, RG7 2PH

Cherrytree Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Silchester, Reading, Reading (RG7 2PH). It has a recorded floor area of 251 m² (around 2702 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in August 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 251 m² the property is well over the postcode median (129 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2014–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,106,000 is 23.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£331/sq ft) was about 20.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £895,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.