Rose Cottage, Boundary Road, Taplow, Maidenhead, SL6 0EZ

Rose Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Taplow, Maidenhead, Maidenhead (SL6 0EZ). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Held since May 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £482,000 sits 560.3% above the 1996 sale of £73,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£77/sq ft) was about 75.9% below the postcode norm. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs).