POST COTTAGE, PEARSON ROAD, SONNING, READING, RG4 6UL - £392,500

Based on the January 2025 Price Paid Data (released on 3rd March 2025), the December 2024 House Price Index (released on 19th February 2025), and the January 2025 Energy Performance of Buildings Data (released on 27th February 2025). Sources

POST COTTAGE is a very small extended semi-detached house of 94m², built sometime before 1900. It was last sold for £392,500 in December 2020, which was around 5% below the average December 2020 semi-detached price in the Wokingham local authority area. The most recent EPC inspection was March 2020, where the current energy rating was D, and the potential energy rating was B.

POST COTTAGE Sold Prices

Land registry data shows four sales for POST COTTAGE since 1^st January 1995. The below table shows the price paid for the four sales, along with the average semi-detached price in the Wokingham local authority area for the corresponding sale date. Most of the four POST COTTAGE sales were for above the average price. The average price is sourced from the Office for National Statistics' House Price Index (HPI).

Date	Price	HPI Price	Variation from HPI
2020 21 DEC	£392,500	£414,415	5% below HPI
2006 7 AUG	£330,000	£249,155	32% above HPI
1997 16 JUN	£179,950	£96,175	87% above HPI
1997 2 APR	£100,000	£93,877	7% above HPI

POST COTTAGE Price Paid vs. HPI Average

The below graph shows the average semi-detached house price in the Wokingham local authority area over time, sourced from the HPI. The four POST COTTAGE sales between April 1997 and December 2020 have been plotted on the graph. A line has been extrapolated to show what the value of the property might have been over time, following each sale, had it maintained the same margin above or below the HPI (as a percentage). For example, the August 2006 sale was for 32% above the HPI. So the extrapolation line tracks at 32% above the HPI over time, until the December 2020 sale, where it falls to 5% below the HPI. The line then continues to track at 5% below the HPI.

What might POST COTTAGE be worth now?

POST COTTAGE might now be worth an estimated £471,303.

This is based on house price inflation of 20.1%, between December 2020 and December 2024, for semi-detached houses, in the Wokingham local authority area, as calculated by the Office for National Statistics and published in their UK House Price Index (HPI).

The 20.1% inflationary increase is applied to the most recent sale price for POST COTTAGE of £392,500 on 21st December 2020. For the value to have increased from £392,500 to £471,303 over the four years to December 2024, the following assumptions must hold true:

• The value of POST COTTAGE has moved in line with the HPI for semi-detached houses in the Wokingham local authority area.
• The December 2020 sale price of £392,500 represented a fair market value for the property.
• The size, condition, and specification of POST COTTAGE has not materially changed since December 2020.

How Large is POST COTTAGE?

POST COTTAGE is 94m², which includes one extension, according to the EPC inspection conducted in March 2020. This puts it in the smallest 10% of semi-detached houses houses in Sonning, based on EPC data. The below chart shows the distribution of semi-detached houses houses by size in Sonning, and where POST COTTAGE lies on this distribution: 4% of semi-detached houses houses are smaller than POST COTTAGE, and 96% of houses are larger. Note that EPC data is not available for all properties in Sonning.

POST COTTAGE: Plot and Title Map

POST COTTAGE sits on a plot of roughly 0.046 of an acre, or 186m². The below map shows the location of POST COTTAGE, an approximate outline of the building(s), and the indicative extent of the property. The plot extent is a Land Registry INSPIRE Index Polygon, and it is important to note that a title may include more than one polygon, whereas only one polygon is shown on the map (the polygon which intersects with the position of POST COTTAGE). The full extent of the land contained in any registered title can only be identified from the individual title plan. The maps on this page should not be relied upon to establish the extent of a title.

Where is POST COTTAGE?

POST COTTAGE is located on PEARSON ROAD in SONNING, in the RG4 postcode district. The below map shows the position of POST COTTAGE on PEARSON ROAD.