Japonica Cottage, Newtown, Upper Basildon, Reading, RG8 8JG

Japonica Cottage is an end-of-terrace house in Upper Basildon, Reading, Reading (RG8 8JG). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). Main heating runs on oil.

Untraded for 25 years, with the last transfer in February 2001. 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 £450,000 sits 186.6% above the 2001 sale of £157,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£203/sq ft) was about 50.8% below the postcode norm. At 72 m² it sits well below the postcode median (131 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused.