2 School Road, Lower Padworth, Reading RG7 4JA

Semi-Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 101 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

FA for £23,080 · £4,616 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£30£1710.2 yrs+8.9 pts
Floor insulation£1,200 – £200£2013.5 yrs+10.4 pts · reaches E
Loft insulation£350£953.7 yrs+5.0 pts
Cavity wall insulation£1,500 – £500£1506.7 yrs+7.8 pts · reaches D
Band A condensing boiler£3,000 – £0£12312.2 yrs+6.4 pts
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£15619.3 yrs+8.1 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £0£18621.5 yrs+9.7 pts · reaches B
Wind turbine£25,000 – £0£16650+ yrs+8.7 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

£2,313
per year at grade F
£1,065
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £1,248 a year — a 5.4% annual return on £23,080.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2017, states £1,414 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Sulhamstead and Ufton Nervet SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
Mrs Bland's Infant SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Aldermaston C.E. Primary SchoolPrimary1.9 mi
The Willink SchoolSecondary1.8 miProgress 8 +0.04 · average (2023/24)
Theale Green SchoolSecondary3.2 miProgress 8 -0.31 · below average (2023/24)
The Hurst SchoolSecondary3.6 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.

12.5
crimes a month
138
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 33% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01016309, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.