Freestone, School Road, Waltham St. Lawrence, Reading RG10 0NU

Detached bungalow · Built 1950-1966 · 148 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

FD for £10,310 · £5,155 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£30£1570.2 yrs+4.3 pts
Room-in-roof insulation£2,700 – £700£2546.7 yrs+6.9 pts · reaches E
Cavity wall insulation£1,500 – £500£1377.3 yrs+3.7 pts
Low energy lighting£80£89.9 yrs+0.2 pts
Band A condensing boiler£3,000 – £0£11313.3 yrs+3.1 pts
Floor insulation£6,000 – £0£18416.3 yrs+5.0 pts
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£14321.0 yrs+3.9 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond D)£8,000 – £0£17023.5 yrs+4.6 pts
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond D)£14,000 – £0£19935.2 yrs+5.4 pts

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

£2,935
per year at grade F
£1,569
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £997 a year — a 9.7% annual return on £10,310.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £2,217 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

8 June 2016£755,000

Estimated today: £903,822 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

School Road: 20 sales since 1995 · £1,005,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Waltham St Lawrence Primary SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
White Waltham CofE AcademyPrimary1.9 mi
The Colleton Primary SchoolPrimary2.0 mi
WaingelsSecondary3.4 miProgress 8 +0.21 · above average (2023/24)
Cox Green SchoolSecondary3.5 miProgress 8 -0.31 · below average (2023/24)
Holyport CollegeSecondary3.7 miProgress 8 +0.58 · well above 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.

4.6
crimes a month
37
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 32% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01016581, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

School Road

How this home sits against its street.

12
graded homes
50.3
average score
D
most common grade
-19.3
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.