28 Cambrian Way, Calcot, Reading RG31 7DD

Detached house · Built 1983-1990 · 144 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EC for £9,345 · £4,673 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£1112.0 yrs+2.9 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2344.3 yrs+6.2 pts · reaches D
Heating controls£350 – £450£854.7 yrs+2.3 pts
Low energy lighting£120£1011.7 yrs+0.3 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£14418.1 yrs+3.8 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£18127.6 yrs+4.8 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£9,000 – £14,000£21650+ yrs+5.7 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

£2,497
per year at grade E
£1,516
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £765 a year — a 8.2% annual return on £9,345.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £1,731 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

17 September 2013£335,000

Estimated today: £536,954 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Cambrian Way: 34 sales since 1995 · £448,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Calcot Infant School and NurseryPrimary0.5 mi
Calcot Junior SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Kennet Valley Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
King's Academy ProspectSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 -0.39 · below average (2023/24)
Little Heath SchoolSecondary1.5 miProgress 8 -0.15 · average (2023/24)
Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic SchoolSecondary1.6 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.

5.2
crimes a month
47
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 53% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01016275, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Cambrian Way

How this home sits against its street.

14
graded homes
61.2
average score
D
most common grade
-11.2
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.