1 Little Bowden Cottages, Newtown, Upper Basildon, Reading, RG8 8JG

1 Little Bowden Cottages is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Upper Basildon, Reading, Reading (RG8 8JG). It has a recorded floor area of 213 m² (around 2293 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2025) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in June 2015 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Very Good. Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 213 m² the property is well over the postcode median (95 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2009–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £928,000 is 45% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£279/sq ft) was about 37.8% below the postcode norm. Most recent transfer: September 2020 at £640,000.