2 Forge Cottages, The Green, Beenham, Reading, RG7 5NX

2 Forge Cottages is a semi-detached house in Beenham, Reading, Reading (RG7 5NX). It has a recorded floor area of 182 m² (around 1959 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since September 1998, a hold of 28 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £640,000 sits 255.6% above the 1998 sale of £180,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£92/sq ft) was about 63.1% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.