Clacks End, Ashampstead Common, Reading RG8 8QT

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 327 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil, Boiler and underfloor heating, oil

Upgrade Plan

EC for £36,700 · £18,350 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£3610.3 yrs+5.6 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£2639.9 yrs+4.1 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£42911.7 yrs+6.6 pts · reaches D
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£46319.4 yrs+7.2 pts
Wind turbine£15,000 – £25,000£35550+ yrs+5.5 pts · reaches C

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

£5,333
per year at grade E
£3,461
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,872 a year — a 5.1% annual return on £36,700.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2016, states £3,795 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

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
Yattendon C.E. Primary SchoolPrimary1.3 mi
Basildon C.E. Primary SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
Bradfield C.E. Primary SchoolPrimary2.9 mi
Theale Green SchoolSecondary4.4 miProgress 8 -0.31 · below average (2023/24)
The Downs SchoolSecondary4.5 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
Denefield SchoolSecondary5.0 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.

4.8
crimes a month
43
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 37% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01016285, 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.