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

Rose Cottage is a semi-detached house in Upper Basildon, Reading, Reading (RG8 8JG). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 692 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2009) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 56). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from June 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 64 m² it sits well below the postcode median (131 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). 7 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion, partial demolition and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2009–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £548,000 is 26% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£629/sq ft) was about 75.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in January 2016.