1 Rose Cottages, Heath Road, Bradfield Southend, Reading, RG7 6HF
About 1 Rose Cottages
1 Rose Cottages is a semi-detached house in Bradfield Southend, Reading, Reading (RG7 6HF). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2016) shows a G (score 4), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 55), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on bottled lpg.
Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in August 1998. Across 1995–1998, sale prices on this property compounded at 10% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £438,000 sits 212.9% above the 1998 sale of £140,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£181/sq ft) was about 17.7% below the postcode norm.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Level 3 Building Survey
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Planning history
1 Rose Cottages has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
9 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
1 Rose Cottages's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1995).
£438,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.0% per year over 4 years.
£140,000
Growth on file: 10.0% per year over 4 years.
Sales timeline
9 August 1998Most recent
£140,000
+40.0%over 3 years27 January 1995
£100,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in RG7 6HF: £173,000 (2009–1996).
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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
0.3 km
Heath Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Bradfield C.E. Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.4dB







