1 The Orchids, Reading Road, Lower Basildon, Reading RG8 9NL

Semi-Detached house · 2014 · 134 m² · Owner-Occupied · Air source heat pump, underfloor, electric

Upgrade Plan

This certificate lists no outstanding recommendations.

Running costs

£906
per year at grade B
£785
per year at grade A

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £494 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

4 August 2022£550,000
25 September 2015£466,000

Estimated today: £569,920 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Orchids: 4 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Basildon C.E. Primary SchoolPrimary1.6 mi
Goring Church of England Aided Primary SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Streatley Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Langtree SchoolSecondary3.1 miProgress 8 +0.65 · well above average (2023/24)
Denefield SchoolSecondary3.6 miProgress 8 +0.16 · average (2023/24)
Little Heath SchoolSecondary4.3 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.

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