3 Macarthur Close, Tilehurst, Reading RG30 4XW

Detached house · Built 2003-2006 · 131 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £16,500 · £16,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£3050+ yrs+3.6 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£3650+ yrs+4.4 pts · reaches B

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

£1,136
per year at grade C
£1,070
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £66 a year — a 0.4% annual return on £16,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £756 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

18 September 2014£405,000
17 August 2006£312,500

Estimated today: £615,113 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Macarthur Close: 6 sales since 1995 · £496,667 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Moorlands Primary SchoolPrimary0.1 mi
Meadow Park AcademyPrimary0.1 mi
English Martyrs' Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
King's Academy ProspectSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 -0.39 · below average (2023/24)
Little Heath SchoolSecondary1.2 miProgress 8 -0.15 · average (2023/24)
Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic SchoolSecondary1.4 miProgress 8 -0.02 · 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.

10
crimes a month
110
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 54% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01016434, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Macarthur Close

How this home sits against its street.

3
graded homes
73
average score
C
most common grade
+3.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.