5 Blatchs Close, Theale, Reading RG7 5DH

Detached house · Built 1967-1975 · 118 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £700 · £700 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£1,200 – £200£878.1 yrs+5.1 pts · reaches C
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond C)£40£410.5 yrs+0.2 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£6,000 – £0£6744.6 yrs+4.0 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£8,000 – £0£8049.8 yrs+4.7 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

£1,579
per year at grade D
£1,341
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £87 a year — a 12.4% annual return on £700.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2018, states £1,016 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

21 September 2018£405,000

Estimated today: £474,295 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Blatchs Close: 6 sales since 1995 · £405,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Theale C.E. Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Englefield C.E. Primary SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
Calcot Infant School and NurseryPrimary1.5 mi
Theale Green SchoolSecondary0.1 miProgress 8 -0.31 · below average (2023/24)
Little Heath SchoolSecondary1.9 miProgress 8 -0.15 · average (2023/24)
The Willink SchoolSecondary2.7 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.

11.3
crimes a month
124
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 34% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01016345, 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.