Upper Lodge Farm, Rectory Road, Padworth Common, Reading RG7 4JD

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 96 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

EB for £37,750 · £12,583 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£150 – £250£1221.6 yrs+6.6 pts
Shower heat recovery£600 – £1,500£2444.0 yrs+1.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £7,000£11348.8 yrs+6.1 pts · reaches D
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£14550+ yrs+7.9 pts
Solid wall insulation£7,500 – £11,000£15750+ yrs+8.5 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £10,000£13450+ yrs+7.3 pts
Double glazing£4,500 – £6,000£5350+ yrs+2.8 pts · reaches B
Wind turbine(optional, beyond B)£5,000 – £20,000£12050+ yrs+6.5 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

£1,748
per year at grade E
£880
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £748 a year — a 2.0% annual return on £37,750.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2026, states £1,917 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

30 May 2008£425,000

Estimated today: £744,853 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Rectory Road: 11 sales since 1995 · £1,068,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Sulhamstead and Ufton Nervet SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Aldermaston C.E. Primary SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Silchester Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.0 mi
The Willink SchoolSecondary2.0 miProgress 8 +0.04 · average (2023/24)
The Hurst SchoolSecondary3.2 miProgress 8 -0.37 · below average (2023/24)
Theale Green SchoolSecondary3.8 miProgress 8 -0.31 · 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.

Rectory Road

How this home sits against its street.

12
graded homes
47.9
average score
D
most common grade
-4.9
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.