Blakes Cottage, Reading
Blakes Cottage, Reading
Description & Estimates
Blakes Cottage, Reading is recorded publicly as a mid-century freehold house across 2,055 ft2 of internal area, sitting on a 524 m2 plot.
Locally, houses of this size normally have 5 bedrooms with a garden.
Our estimate of the sale value of Blakes Cottage, Reading is £1,101,218 and its rental estimate is £3,147 per month, given the available information and assuming reasonable condition.
Blakes Lane, Hare Hatch, Reading, RG10 falls within the RG10 postal district.
Our Data Sources
Blakes Cottage, Reading has a single entry in the Land Registry from April 2018 and a single entry in the EPC database dated June 2016.
We combine this information with that of neighbouring properties to estimate the property attributes and values.
The local information is scored as 3 out of 5 and is considered of medium accuracy.
Price Range & Condition
The condition of a property plays an important role in determining its value, with the degree of impact varying by property type, size and location.
For Blakes Cottage, Reading, we estimate a market value of £1,156,279 and a rental value of £3,304 per month when presented in very good decorative order. Should the property require extensive cosmetic improvement, those figures would reduce to £1,024,133 and £2,927 per month respectively.
Recent Market Change
Over the last year, Blakes Cottage, Reading has seen its estimated sale value fall by £18,919 (1.7%) and its estimated rental value move up by £78 per month (2.5%). This results in an estimated gross rental yield of 3.4%.
Plot Size
HM Land Registry records the plot of land for Blakes Cottage, Reading as measuring 524 m2.
That makes it the 16th largest plot in the postcode, where 20 of the 21 other houses have recorded plot data.
Energy Efficiency
Blakes Cottage, Reading has an Energy Performance Rating (EPC) of E. This is based on the most recent assessment, dated 09 Jun 2016.
The property is connected to mains gas and has fully double glazed windows. It is heated using Boiler and radiators, mains gas.
Sold Prices
The most recent sale of Blakes Cottage, Reading completed on 27th April 2018 at £670,000 and was recorded by HM Land Registry as a freehold house.
Since 1995 this is the property's only sale.
Values of comparable properties have risen by 2.0% over the period since April 2018.
- Sold Apr 2018£670,000
Similar Properties Sold Nearby
Over the past 2 years 3 properties similar to Blakes Cottage, Reading have sold within a radius of 2.3 kilometres, per the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents.
The latest, on the 16th April 2025, was 39, Ridgeway, Reading, RG10 8AS, a freehold house which sold for £1,280,000.
Read more about house prices in RG10.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
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Location Comparison
Of the 37 addresses on Blakes Lane, Hare Hatch, Reading, RG10, Blakes Cottage, Reading comes out as the 14th largest and the 11th most expensive in our analysis of the public data.
It is also £390k more expensive than the average property across the RG10 district.
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Schools Nearby
- 1.6kmRobert Piggott CofE Infant School
- 1.8kmRobert Piggott CofE Junior School
- 2.1kmKnowl Hill Church of England Primary Academy
- 5.2kmWaingels
- 5.8kmCox Green School
- 6.1kmNewlands Girls' School
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Public Transport Nearby
From Blakes Cottage, Reading, the nearest station is Wargrave, 2.6 kilometres away.
- 2.6kmWargrave
- 3.2kmTwyford
- 3.3kmShiplake
Available Internet Speeds
Broadband here reaches ultrafast speeds, based on recent Ofcom data.
According to recent data from Ofcom, Ultrafast broadband is available in the area.
Risk of Flooding
The flood risk here is rated very low, based on Environment Agency data.
