5 Willis Close, Cold Ash, Thatcham RG18 9JW

Detached house · Built 1983-1990 · 163 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

EC for £16,200 · £8,100 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£1420.7 yrs+4.0 pts
Hot water cylinder insulation£200 – £400£1442.1 yrs+4.1 pts
Loft insulation£100 – £350£802.8 yrs+2.3 pts · reaches D
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1685.9 yrs+4.8 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£616.5 yrs+1.7 pts
Low energy lighting£75£710.2 yrs+0.2 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£10325.2 yrs+2.9 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£13138.3 yrs+3.7 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£15641.7 yrs+4.4 pts · reaches C
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£3,300 – £6,500£6150+ yrs+1.7 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

£2,440
per year at grade E
£1,387
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £992 a year — a 6.1% annual return on £16,200.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £1,872 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

3 August 2016£658,357
31 January 2003£432,500

Estimated today: £816,298 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Willis Close: 4 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Cold Ash St Mark's CE Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Curridge Primary SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
St Finian's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary1.2 mi
Trinity SchoolSecondary2.6 miProgress 8 +0.09 · average (2023/24)
Kennet SchoolSecondary2.6 miProgress 8 +0.15 · average (2023/24)
St Bartholomew's SchoolSecondary4.1 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.

8
crimes a month
80
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 35% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01033851, 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.