Thames Grove Cottage, Reading Road, Lower Basildon, Reading, RG8 9ND
About Thames Grove Cottage
Thames Grove Cottage is a detached house in Lower Basildon, Reading, Reading (RG8 9ND). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 930 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2008) shows a G (score 7), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from October 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 86 m² it sits well below the postcode median (136 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement.
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Energy performance
Thames Grove 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 25 Oct 2018
EPC Rating
Planning history
Thames Grove Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
3applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
Thames Grove Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£585,000
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 5 sales in RG8 9ND: £880,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in RG8 9ND
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£500,000Lower Basildon View, Reading Road, Lower Basildon, Reading, RG8 9ND
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£1,750,000Grove Paddock, Reading Road, Lower Basildon, Reading, RG8 9ND
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Sold Feb 2021
£500,000
Versus other Reading Road homes
On epc rating, Thames Grove Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
7 (G)
Street avg 50 (E)
Floor Area
86 m²
Street avg 184 m²
CO₂ Emissions
13.0 t/year
Street avg 10.1 t/year
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
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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
Hook End Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
2.0 km
Streatley C.E. Voluntary Controlled School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.0dB