Lattice Cottage, River Road, Taplow, Maidenhead, SL6 0BG

Lattice Cottage is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Taplow, Maidenhead, Maidenhead (SL6 0BG). It has a recorded floor area of 153 m² (around 1647 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2022) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since November 2011. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 58), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Period features are noted in the property record.

Across 2006–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £682,000 sits 51.6% above the 2014 sale of £450,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£273/sq ft) was about 19% below the postcode norm. At 153 m² it sits well below the postcode median (257 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). 12 years since the last transfer (April 2014). 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused.