Hillside, Ashampstead, Reading RG8 8RH

Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 116 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

CA for £27,000 · £13,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Solar water heating£4,000 – £7,000£1050+ yrs+8.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £10,000£1250+ yrs+9.9 pts · reaches B
Wind turbine£5,000 – £20,000£1150+ yrs+8.8 pts · reaches A

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

£978
per year at grade C
£944
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £34 a year — a 0.1% annual return on £27,000.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, 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
Basildon C.E. Primary SchoolPrimary1.3 mi
Yattendon C.E. Primary SchoolPrimary1.6 mi
Streatley Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.7 mi
The Downs SchoolSecondary3.9 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
Theale Green SchoolSecondary5.1 miProgress 8 -0.31 · below average (2023/24)
Denefield SchoolSecondary5.2 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.