Apple Tree Cottage, Aldworth, Reading, RG8 9RL
About Apple Tree Cottage
Apple Tree Cottage is a detached house in Aldworth, Reading, Reading (RG8 9RL). It has a recorded floor area of 120 m² (around 1292 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2018) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in June 2014 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good and main heating went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on bulk wood pellets.
2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Wall insulation improved
Roof insulation improved
MVHR (mechanical ventilation with heat recovery) installed
Solar water heating installed
Hot water system changed
Planning history
Apple Tree Cottage has an approved side extension on the planning record.
- Jun 2025FullIn report
Retrospective application for replacement shed.
Retrospective- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/01462/HOUSE
- Nov 2017ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Side of property
Erection of a two storey side extension and a single storey side extension.
- Documents
- 17 docs on file
- Reference
- 17/02710/HOUSE
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at Apple Tree Cottage
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Apple Tree Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£755,000
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 9RL: £762,500 (2024–2009).
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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
0.5 km
The Four Points — bus station.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.1dB








