1 Primrose Cottages, Chapel Close, South Stoke, Reading, RG8 0JX
About 1 Primrose Cottages
1 Primrose Cottages is a semi-detached house in South Stoke, Reading, Reading (RG8 0JX). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2015) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in July 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
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Energy performance
1 Primrose Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 30 Apr 2025
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Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
- Oct 2015RenovationFullIn report
Alterations to vehicular access and parking provision to private dwelling.
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- P15/S2973/HH
- Aug 2015ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed single storey breakfast area rear extension to existing private dwelling (As amended by plan 3A, received 20 July 2015 to retain existing window and to remove rear facing proposed window).
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- P15/S1819/HH
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Sales history & valuation
1 Primrose Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£472,000
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 3 sales in RG8 0JX: £618,500 (2021–1996).
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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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
The Perch & Pike — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
South Stoke Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.3dB