2 Pennycroft Cottages, Upper Basildon, Reading RG8 8ND

Semi-Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 118 m² · Rented (Private) · Air source heat pump, radiators, electric

Upgrade Plan

CB for £5,900 · £5,900 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2034.9 yrs+4.8 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£745.4 yrs+1.8 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£18823.9 yrs+4.5 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£15831.7 yrs+3.7 pts
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £14,000£22041.0 yrs+5.2 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

£2,105
per year at grade C
£1,263
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £465 a year — a 7.9% annual return on £5,900.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £2,369 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

13 December 2022£670,000
23 September 1996£150,000

Estimated today: £704,903 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Basildon C.E. Primary SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
Whitchurch Primary SchoolPrimary1.9 mi
Pangbourne Primary SchoolPrimary2.0 mi
Denefield SchoolSecondary3.2 miProgress 8 +0.16 · average (2023/24)
Little Heath SchoolSecondary3.6 miProgress 8 -0.15 · average (2023/24)
Theale Green SchoolSecondary3.9 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.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.