Silver Birches, Long Lane, Thatcham RG18 9QT

Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 411 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and underfloor heating, oil, Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

EC for £26,850 · £13,425 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Cavity wall insulation£900 – £1,500£3503.4 yrs+4.2 pts
Loft insulation£900 – £1,200£2234.7 yrs+2.7 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,500£2889.9 yrs+3.4 pts · reaches D
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£46916.0 yrs+5.6 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £10,000£43420.7 yrs+5.2 pts
Double glazing£4,500 – £6,000£17030.9 yrs+2.0 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

£5,113
per year at grade E
£3,178
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,935 a year — a 7.2% annual return on £26,850.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2025, states £5,672 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

30 September 2009£880,000
26 October 2001£610,000

Estimated today: £1,666,243 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Long Lane: 34 sales since 1995 · £606,850 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Curridge Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Hermitage Primary SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
Cold Ash St Mark's CE Primary SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
Trinity SchoolSecondary2.8 miProgress 8 +0.09 · average (2023/24)
Kennet SchoolSecondary3.4 miProgress 8 +0.15 · average (2023/24)
St Bartholomew's SchoolSecondary4.4 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.

Long Lane

How this home sits against its street.

20
graded homes
58.7
average score
D
most common grade
-11.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.