2 Tarn Howes Close, Thatcham RG19 3TS

Semi-Detached flat · Built 1996-2002 · 59 m² · Rented (Private) · Electric storage heaters, Room heaters, electric

Upgrade Plan

DC for £3,000 · £3,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-retention storage heaters£1,800 – £800£1837.1 yrs+4.7 pts
Floor insulation£1,200 – £200£937.5 yrs+2.4 pts
High-performance doors£1,500 – £500£7413.5 yrs+1.9 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

£1,491
per year at grade D
£1,141
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £350 a year — a 11.7% annual return on £3,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £900 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

16 August 2000£99,995

Estimated today: £249,988 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Tarn Howes Close: 62 sales since 1995 · £172,500 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Parsons Down Infant SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Parsons Down Junior SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Fir Tree Primary School and NurseryPrimary0.7 mi
Kennet SchoolSecondary1.3 miProgress 8 +0.15 · average (2023/24)
Trinity SchoolSecondary1.8 miProgress 8 +0.09 · average (2023/24)
St Bartholomew's SchoolSecondary2.5 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.

7.3
crimes a month
80
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 48% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01016342, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Tarn Howes Close

How this home sits against its street.

20
graded homes
71.2
average score
C
most common grade
-10.2
this home vs street
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