47 The Close, Reading RG7 3HT

Semi-Detached bungalow · Built 1983-1990 · 50 m² · Rented (Social) · Air source heat pump, radiators, electric

Upgrade Plan

BA for £2,100 · £2,100 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-performance doors£1,800 – £2,400£5637.6 yrs+1.6 pts · reaches A
Solar water heating(optional, beyond A)£4,000 – £7,000£5450+ yrs+1.5 pts
Floor insulation(optional, beyond A)£5,000 – £10,000£7050+ yrs+1.9 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

£1,110
per year at grade B
£930
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £56 a year — a 2.7% annual return on £2,100.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

The Close: 36 sales since 1995 · £353,139 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Garland Junior SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Mrs Bland's Infant SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Burghfield St Mary's C.E. Primary SchoolPrimary1.0 mi
The Willink SchoolSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 +0.04 · average (2023/24)
Theale Green SchoolSecondary2.7 miProgress 8 -0.31 · below average (2023/24)
King's Academy ProspectSecondary3.8 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.

12.2
crimes a month
134
in the last 12 months
Shoplifting
most common · 41% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01016268, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

The Close

How this home sits against its street.

45
graded homes
66.3
average score
D
most common grade
+24.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.