2 Milam Close, Arborfield, Reading RG2 9FD

Detached house · Built 1996-2002 · 169 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £1,000 · £1,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1168.6 yrs+3.6 pts · reaches C
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond C)£105£520.7 yrs+0.2 pts
Band A condensing boiler(optional, beyond C)£2,200 – £3,000£7136.5 yrs+2.2 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£9050+ yrs+2.8 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£9,000 – £14,000£10750+ yrs+3.3 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

£1,940
per year at grade D
£1,551
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £116 a year — a 11.6% annual return on £1,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £1,171 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

25 July 2013£470,000
28 March 2003£405,000

Estimated today: £814,881 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Milam Close: 18 sales since 1995 · £581,667 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Farley Hill Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
The Coombes Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Gorse Ride Junior SchoolPrimary1.9 mi
Bohunt School WokinghamSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 +0.44 · above average (2023/24)
Oakbank SchoolSecondary2.9 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
The Emmbrook SchoolSecondary3.3 miProgress 8 -0.01 · 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.

15
crimes a month
165
in the last 12 months
Shoplifting
most common · 31% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01035267, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Milam Close

How this home sits against its street.

6
graded homes
72.7
average score
C
most common grade
-5.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.