Yew Tree Cottage, The Common, Silchester, Reading, RG7 2PH

Yew Tree Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Silchester, Reading, Reading (RG7 2PH). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows a C (score 71). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since April 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Poor; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. Period features are noted in the property record.

12 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 5 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 116 m² it's 21.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (148 m² median across 11 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 82% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £617,000 is 14% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£433/sq ft) was about 53.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: April 2021 at £541,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.