5 Swallow Close, Tilehurst, Reading RG31 4SN

Semi-Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 91 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Heating controls(optional, beyond C)£220 – £250£249.9 yrs+1.3 pts
Floor insulation(optional, beyond C)£5,000 – £10,000£6650+ yrs+3.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£8,000 – £10,000£6150+ yrs+3.2 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

£1,268
per year at grade C
£1,118
per year at grade C

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill.

Sold prices

29 June 2018£350,000

Estimated today: £436,970 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Swallow Close: 3 sales since 1995 · £372,500 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Paul's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Springfield Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Birch Copse Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Little Heath SchoolSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 -0.15 · average (2023/24)
King's Academy ProspectSecondary1.4 miProgress 8 -0.39 · below average (2023/24)
Denefield SchoolSecondary1.5 miProgress 8 +0.16 · 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.

23.1
crimes a month
254
in the last 12 months
Shoplifting
most common · 56% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01016259, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.