Laurel Cottage, Ellington Road, Taplow, Maidenhead, SL6 0AX

Laurel Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Taplow, Maidenhead, Maidenhead (SL6 0AX). It has a recorded floor area of 121 m² (around 1304 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (December 2009) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 43). The latest certificate is from December 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

5 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused, 1 pending. An active application for tree works is awaiting a decision. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 121 m² it sits well below the postcode median (184 m² across 11 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. Across 2003–2012, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £755,000 is 39.8% above the 2012 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£414/sq ft) was about 65% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in October 2012, so it's been off the market for around 14 years.