5 Douglas Grange, Hurst, Reading RG10 0TT

Detached house · Built 1991-1995 · 113 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £13,000 · £13,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Heating controls£350 – £450£439.2 yrs+1.8 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£7335.5 yrs+3.0 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£11941.9 yrs+4.9 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£9350+ yrs+3.8 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£5,000 – £8,000£11050+ yrs+4.5 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

£1,714
per year at grade D
£1,275
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £329 a year — a 2.5% annual return on £13,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2016, states £1,216 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

3 March 2021£890,000
26 May 1995£229,500

Estimated today: £1,066,321 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Douglas Grange: 8 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Winnersh Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Wheatfield Primary School and NurseryPrimary0.8 mi
Emmbrook Infant SchoolPrimary1.3 mi
The Forest SchoolSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -0.12 · average (2023/24)
The Emmbrook SchoolSecondary1.4 miProgress 8 -0.01 · average (2023/24)
WaingelsSecondary1.9 miProgress 8 +0.21 · 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.

8.5
crimes a month
68
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 28% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01016656, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.