23 Howell Close, Arborfield, Reading RG2 9GN

Semi-Detached flat · Built 1996-2002 · 60 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-retention storage heaters(optional, beyond C)£1,800 – £800£1807.2 yrs+4.6 pts
Floor insulation(optional, beyond C)£1,200 – £200£917.7 yrs+2.4 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

£1,168
per year at grade C
£897
per year at grade C

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2020, states £742 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

19 February 2021£195,000
15 April 2016£240,000
11 April 2013£164,000
30 May 2012£166,000
29 July 2011£165,000
28 April 2006£163,500
28 June 2002£151,995
26 April 2002£142,995

Estimated today: £210,217 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Howell Close: 140 sales since 1995 · £300,006 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Farley Hill Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
The Coombes Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
Gorse Ride Junior SchoolPrimary1.9 mi
Bohunt School WokinghamSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 +0.44 · above average (2023/24)
Oakbank SchoolSecondary2.8 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
The Emmbrook SchoolSecondary3.5 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.

4.6
crimes a month
41
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 49% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01035268, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Howell Close

How this home sits against its street.

69
graded homes
69.1
average score
C
most common grade
-0.1
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.