3 Bourn Arch, Thatcham RG18 3DX

Detached bungalow · Built 1950-1966 · 97 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £10,500 · £10,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£5418.5 yrs+4.8 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£5050+ yrs+4.5 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£4250+ yrs+3.7 pts · reaches B

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

£1,227
per year at grade C
£1,081
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £146 a year — a 1.4% annual return on £10,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2024, states £1,287 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

16 January 2025£635,000
19 December 2013£245,000
24 July 2009£220,000

Estimated today: £650,410 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Bourne Arch: 7 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Parsons Down Infant SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Parsons Down Junior SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Whitelands Park Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Kennet SchoolSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 +0.15 · average (2023/24)
Trinity SchoolSecondary1.9 miProgress 8 +0.09 · average (2023/24)
St Bartholomew's SchoolSecondary2.8 miProgress 8 +0.37 · 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.

12.2
crimes a month
134
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 36% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01016340, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Bourne Arch

How this home sits against its street.

3
graded homes
63.7
average score
D
most common grade
+7.3
this home vs street
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