23 Dudley Close, Tilehurst, Reading RG31 6JJ

Semi-Detached flat · Built 1950-1966 · 45 m² · Owner-occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

DC for £6,015 · £6,015 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£15£62.5 yrs+0.2 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1029.8 yrs+3.3 pts
Change of heating system£3,000 – £7,000£38812.9 yrs+12.5 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

£1,175
per year at grade D
£679
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £496 a year — a 8.2% annual return on £6,015.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £566 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

26 August 2022£205,000
11 December 2015£205,000
20 September 2013£128,000

Estimated today: £201,078 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Dudley Close: 52 sales since 1995 · £224,214 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Meadow Park AcademyPrimary0.4 mi
Westwood Farm Junior SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Westwood Farm Infant SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Denefield SchoolSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 +0.16 · average (2023/24)
Little Heath SchoolSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 -0.15 · average (2023/24)
King's Academy ProspectSecondary1.4 miProgress 8 -0.39 · below 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.

8
crimes a month
64
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 33% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01016380, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Dudley Close

How this home sits against its street.

29
graded homes
66.2
average score
C
most common grade
-4.2
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.