The Croft, Park Wall Lane, Upper Basildon, Reading RG8 8NE

Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 319 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£5950+ yrs+2.2 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£4650+ yrs+1.7 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£5,000 – £8,000£5550+ yrs+2.1 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

£2,326
per year at grade C
£2,166
per year at grade C

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2018, states £1,337 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

15 December 2017£1,125,000
1 September 2011£596,000

Estimated today: £1,361,559 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Park Wall Lane: 8 sales since 1995 · £945,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Basildon C.E. Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Streatley Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.0 mi
Goring Church of England Aided Primary SchoolPrimary2.5 mi
Denefield SchoolSecondary4.0 miProgress 8 +0.16 · average (2023/24)
Langtree SchoolSecondary4.2 miProgress 8 +0.65 · well above average (2023/24)
Little Heath SchoolSecondary4.4 miProgress 8 -0.15 · 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.

Park Wall Lane

How this home sits against its street.

4
graded homes
55.5
average score
E
most common grade
+15.5
this home vs street
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