8 Beckfords, Upper Basildon, Reading RG8 8PB

Semi-Detached house · Built before 1900 · 143 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DC for £9,500 · £9,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£8550+ yrs+3.7 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£9250+ yrs+4.0 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£7150+ yrs+3.1 pts
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £14,000£9950+ yrs+4.3 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

£1,645
per year at grade D
£1,297
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £177 a year — a 1.9% annual return on £9,500.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill.

Sold prices

11 February 2026£725,000
11 August 2000£165,000

Estimated today: £729,961 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Beckfords: 37 sales since 1995 · £865,286 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Basildon C.E. Primary SchoolPrimary0.1 mi
Streatley Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.7 mi
Whitchurch Primary SchoolPrimary2.7 mi
Denefield SchoolSecondary3.9 miProgress 8 +0.16 · average (2023/24)
Theale Green SchoolSecondary4.1 miProgress 8 -0.31 · below average (2023/24)
Little Heath SchoolSecondary4.1 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.

Beckfords

How this home sits against its street.

29
graded homes
54.6
average score
D
most common grade
+8.4
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.