3 Sharpthorpe Close, Lower Earley, Reading RG6 4DB

End-Terrace flat · Built 1983-1990 · 41 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation(optional, beyond C)£100 – £350£942.4 yrs+3.0 pts
Shower heat recovery(optional, beyond C)£585 – £725£3320.1 yrs+1.0 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

£942
per year at grade C
£815
per year at grade C

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £1,062 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

10 January 2014£149,000
30 June 2008£142,000
17 December 2004£129,950
24 February 2000£81,500
15 May 1998£52,500

Estimated today: £206,719 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Sharpthorpe Close: 48 sales since 1995 · £268,313 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Radstock Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Hillside Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Whiteknights Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Maiden Erlegh SchoolSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 +0.64 · well above average (2023/24)
Hartland High SchoolSecondary1.5 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
UTC ReadingSecondary1.7 miProgress 8 -0.80 · well 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.

6.2
crimes a month
62
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 48% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01016649, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Sharpthorpe Close

How this home sits against its street.

11
graded homes
69.5
average score
C
most common grade
+0.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.