Eldon Cottage, High Street, Cookham, Maidenhead, SL6 9SF

Eldon Cottage is a mid-terrace house in Cookham, Maidenhead, Maidenhead (SL6 9SF). It has a recorded floor area of 100 m² (around 1076 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2023) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in May 2019 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85).

Held since April 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 100 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 1995–1999, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £625,000 sits 241.5% above the 1999 sale of £183,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£170/sq ft) was about 56.3% below the postcode norm.