Fiveways, The Common, Silchester, Reading RG7 2PH

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 98 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £26,545 · £13,273 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1576.4 yrs+6.2 pts
Low energy lighting£45£76.5 yrs+0.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£12241.0 yrs+4.8 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£17050+ yrs+6.7 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£14650+ yrs+5.7 pts · reaches B
Double glazing(optional, beyond B)£3,300 – £6,500£5750+ yrs+2.2 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

£1,535
per year at grade D
£876
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £602 a year — a 2.3% annual return on £26,545.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £1,058 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

28 June 2021£500,000
12 October 2015£465,000
12 December 2014£418,000
3 October 2003£312,000
8 February 2000£160,000
10 August 1999£122,600

Estimated today: £589,552 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Common: 45 sales since 1995 · £569,890 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Silchester Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Tadley Community Primary SchoolPrimary1.6 mi
Bishopswood Junior SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
The Hurst SchoolSecondary3.0 miProgress 8 -0.37 · below average (2023/24)
The Willink SchoolSecondary3.2 miProgress 8 +0.04 · average (2023/24)
Everest Community AcademySecondary4.8 miProgress 8 -1.12 · 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.

4.9
crimes a month
39
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 49% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01022493, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

The Common

How this home sits against its street.

14
graded homes
48.4
average score
E
most common grade
+11.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.