Mole End Cottage, 26, Brimpton Common, Reading RG7 4RZ

Semi-Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 102 m² · Owner-Occupied · Room heaters, dual fuel (mineral and wood)

Upgrade Plan

FC for £24,255 · £8,085 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£100£214.8 yrs+0.4 pts
Shower heat recovery£585 – £725£798.3 yrs+1.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£44510.1 yrs+8.7 pts · reaches E
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£48110.4 yrs+9.4 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£37313.4 yrs+7.3 pts · reaches D
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£52017.3 yrs+10.2 pts · reaches C
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£3,300 – £6,500£17428.2 yrs+3.4 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

£4,096
per year at grade F
£2,003
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,919 a year — a 7.9% annual return on £24,255.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill. This fuel has too few recent certificates to restate at today's prices.

Sold prices

31 March 2025£336,000
26 January 2001£185,000

Estimated today: £342,315 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Brimpton C.E. Primary SchoolPrimary1.2 mi
Ashford Hill Primary SchoolPrimary1.3 mi
Burnham Copse Primary SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
The Hurst SchoolSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 -0.37 · below average (2023/24)
Kennet SchoolSecondary3.9 miProgress 8 +0.15 · average (2023/24)
The Willink SchoolSecondary5.3 miProgress 8 +0.04 · 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.

7.3
crimes a month
80
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 51% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01016255, 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.