Side Oaks, Birch Lane, Mortimer Common, Reading RG7 3UB

Detached house · Built 2007-2011 · 242 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

This certificate lists no outstanding recommendations.

Running costs

£1,571
per year at grade B

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £943 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

17 August 2007£412,500

Estimated today: £702,290 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Birch Lane: 6 sales since 1995 · £572,500 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Mortimer St. John's C.E. Infant SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Mortimer St Mary's C.E. Junior SchoolPrimary1.3 mi
Mrs Bland's Infant SchoolPrimary1.5 mi
The Willink SchoolSecondary1.4 miProgress 8 +0.04 · average (2023/24)
Theale Green SchoolSecondary4.2 miProgress 8 -0.31 · below average (2023/24)
The Hurst SchoolSecondary4.5 miProgress 8 -0.37 · 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.

16.7
crimes a month
184
in the last 12 months
Shoplifting
most common · 28% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01016307, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Birch Lane

How this home sits against its street.

6
graded homes
74
average score
C
most common grade
+7.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.