38 Wakemans, Upper Basildon, Reading RG8 8JE

Semi-Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 118 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DC for £7,600 · £7,600 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£4350+ yrs+3.0 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£7150+ yrs+4.8 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£5550+ yrs+3.7 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£5,000 – £8,000£6550+ yrs+4.5 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

£1,360
per year at grade D
£1,126
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £114 a year — a 1.5% annual return on £7,600.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2017, states £832 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

6 June 2025£480,000
18 April 2018£400,000
26 March 2014£285,000

Estimated today: £486,614 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Wakemans: 88 sales since 1995 · £376,481 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Basildon C.E. Primary SchoolPrimary1.0 mi
Pangbourne Primary SchoolPrimary2.0 mi
Whitchurch Primary SchoolPrimary2.1 mi
Denefield SchoolSecondary3.0 miProgress 8 +0.16 · average (2023/24)
Little Heath SchoolSecondary3.3 miProgress 8 -0.15 · average (2023/24)
Theale Green SchoolSecondary3.3 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.

5.5
crimes a month
33
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 39% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01016256, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Wakemans

How this home sits against its street.

76
graded homes
61.2
average score
D
most common grade
+1.8
this home vs street
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