4 Shipton Close, Tilehurst, Reading RG31 6PE

Detached bungalow · Built 1950-1966 · 62 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

GB for £14,658 · £2,932 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£3000.3 yrs+8.5 pts · reaches F
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £400£3040.7 yrs+8.6 pts
Loft insulation£100 – £350£1691.3 yrs+4.8 pts · reaches E
Low energy lighting£25£161.6 yrs+0.4 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£3552.8 yrs+10.1 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£2663.8 yrs+7.5 pts · reaches D
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£21811.9 yrs+6.2 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£32913.7 yrs+9.3 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£27618.1 yrs+7.8 pts · reaches B
Double glazing(optional, beyond B)£3,300 – £6,500£12938.1 yrs+3.7 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

£3,184
per year at grade G
£823
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £2,232 a year — a 15.2% annual return on £14,658.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £3,948 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

27 July 2023£390,000

Estimated today: £410,676 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Shipton Close: 11 sales since 1995 · £416,500 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Downsway Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Westwood Farm Junior SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Westwood Farm Infant SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Denefield SchoolSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 +0.16 · average (2023/24)
Little Heath SchoolSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 -0.15 · average (2023/24)
King's Academy ProspectSecondary1.8 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.

3
crimes a month
27
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 48% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01016350, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Shipton Close

How this home sits against its street.

8
graded homes
57.1
average score
D
most common grade
-37.1
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.