2 Parkside, Checkendon, Reading RG8 0ST

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1930-1949 · 86 m² · Rented (Social) · Portable electric heating assumed for most rooms

Upgrade Plan

FD for £28,900 · £14,450 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£900 – £1,200£8312.6 yrs+2.3 pts
High-performance doors£1,800 – £2,400£14015.0 yrs+3.9 pts · reaches E
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£17542.9 yrs+4.9 pts
Solid wall insulation£7,500 – £11,000£18949.0 yrs+5.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £10,000£16250+ yrs+4.5 pts · reaches D

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

£3,030
per year at grade F
£2,282
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £748 a year — a 2.6% annual return on £28,900.

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

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Checkendon Church of England (A) Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Stoke Row CofE Primary SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
Woodcote Primary SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
Langtree SchoolSecondary1.4 miProgress 8 +0.65 · well above average (2023/24)
Maiden Erlegh Chiltern EdgeSecondary3.0 miProgress 8 -0.40 · below average (2023/24)
Denefield SchoolSecondary5.1 miProgress 8 +0.16 · 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.

4.9
crimes a month
39
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 49% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01028611, 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.