Beech Cottage, Burdens Heath, Bucklebury, Reading, RG7 6SX
About Beech Cottage
Beech Cottage is a detached house in Bucklebury, Reading, Reading (RG7 6SX). It has a recorded floor area of 218 m² (around 2347 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (November 2023) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 218 m² the property is well over the postcode median (147 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
Beech Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Beech Cottage has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
2 applications on record at Beech Cottage, Burdens Heath, Bucklebury, Reading, RG7 6SX
- Dec 2007Demolition And RebuildFullOutcome in report
Demolish existing barn and replace with oak framed garage, garden store and loft and creation of a new access.
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 07/02098/HOUSE
- More recent applications — locked
- ConservatoryMar 2017Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Beech Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£1,129,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG7 6SX: £550,000 (2019–2012).
Nearby sales in RG7 6SX
Uplands, Burdens Heath, Bucklebury, Reading, RG7 6SX
Sold Nov 2019
£695,000Upwey, Burdens Heath, Bucklebury, Reading, RG7 6SX
Sold Aug 2018
£685,000Firlands, Burdens Heath, Bucklebury, Reading, RG7 6SX
Sold May 2012
£450,000Little Birch, Burdens Heath, Bucklebury, Reading, RG7 6SX
Sold Apr 2012
£500,000Tannen House, Burdens Heath, Bucklebury, Reading, RG7 6SX
Sold Mar 2012
£550,000
Versus other Burdens Heath homes
Beech Cottage outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
49 (E)
Street avg 55 (D)
Floor Area
218 m²
Street avg 154 m²
CO₂ Emissions
13.0 t/year
Street avg 8.0 t/year
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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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
0.5 km
The Slade turn — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Bucklebury C.E. Primary School. 8 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.4dB







