3 Epping Close, Reading RG1 7YD

Detached flat · Built 1983-1990 · 59 m² · Rented (Private) · Room heaters, electric

Upgrade Plan

EC for £6,523 · £3,261 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£2500.1 yrs+7.2 pts
High-retention storage heaters£1,200 – £1,800£5772.6 yrs+16.5 pts · reaches D
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£29317.1 yrs+8.4 pts · reaches C

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges. Savings are restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. Points per measure are estimated from 19.9 million certificates and rescaled to this home’s own certificate delta; the total is the register’s figure.

Running costs

£2,028
per year at grade E
£908
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,120 a year — a 17.2% annual return on £6,523.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2017, states £1,135 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

9 February 2018£190,000
16 July 1999£74,950

Estimated today: £196,663 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Epping Close: 47 sales since 1995 · £213,871 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Coley Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
All Saints Church of England Aided Infant SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
All Saints Junior SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Kendrick SchoolSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 +1.07 · well above average (2023/24)
River AcademySecondary0.8 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
The WREN SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 -0.13 · average (2023/24)

Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.

Area context

Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.

21.8
crimes a month
240
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 36% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01033423, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Epping Close

How this home sits against its street.

22
graded homes
55.1
average score
D
most common grade
-13.1
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.