Thatched Cottage, Picketts Lane, Bowden Green, Pangbourne, Reading, RG8 8JH
About Thatched Cottage
Thatched Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Pangbourne, Reading, Reading (RG8 8JH). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 868 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (October 2009) shows an F (score 26), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 41). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from October 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since September 2010, a hold of 16 years that's notably long for the area. At 81 m² it's 16.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (97 m² median across 4 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £473,000 sits 51.6% above the 2010 sale of £312,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£360/sq ft) was about 48.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2010. Past consents include an extension, a porch and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
Energy performance
Thatched Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 05 Oct 2019
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Dec 2010PorchFullIn report
Insulation and weatherboarding of property, raising of total chimney height, removal of kitchen door - replacing with window, alterations to porch including replacement door and pitched roof
ExtensionNew Windows- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 10/02533/HOUSE
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Sales history & valuation
Thatched Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£473,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£312,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
2 September 2010Most recent
£312,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in RG8 8JH: £280,000 (2018–2003).
Versus other Picketts Lane homes
Thatched Cottage outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,871
Street avg £3,063
Floor Area
81 m²
Street avg 104 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.7 t/year
Street avg 5.7 t/year
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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
0.2 km
Bowden Green — bus stop.
Closest school
1.9 km
Basildon C.E. Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB








