4 Graffham Close, Lower Earley, Reading RG6 4DJ

Enclosed End-Terrace house · Built 1976-1982 · 40 m² · Rented (Private) · Room heaters, electric

Upgrade Plan

DA for £18,725 · £6,242 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£455.0 yrs+2.8 pts
High-performance doors£1,000 – £0£766.6 yrs+4.7 pts · reaches C
High-retention storage heaters£1,200 – £1,800£1868.0 yrs+11.6 pts · reaches B
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£9550+ yrs+5.9 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£7350+ yrs+4.6 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£8850+ yrs+5.4 pts · reaches A

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

£1,086
per year at grade D
£523
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £563 a year — a 3.0% annual return on £18,725.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2018, states £619 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

20 July 2015£205,000
23 May 2003£128,500
20 August 1999£76,950
30 October 1998£63,000

Estimated today: £278,659 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Graffham Close: 19 sales since 1995 · £400,900 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Radstock Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Hillside Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Whiteknights Primary SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
Maiden Erlegh SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.64 · well above average (2023/24)
Hartland High SchoolSecondary1.6 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
UTC ReadingSecondary1.8 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.

Graffham Close

How this home sits against its street.

7
graded homes
68
average score
C
most common grade
-6.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.