Flat, 17-18 King Street, Reading RG1 2HE

Mid-Terrace maisonette · Built before 1900 · 212 m² · Rented (Private) · Room heaters, electric

Upgrade Plan

FD for £10,175 · £5,088 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£6890.1 yrs+6.9 pts
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£6201.9 yrs+6.2 pts
High-retention storage heaters£3,200 – £4,800£1,6092.5 yrs+16.0 pts · reaches E
Double glazing£3,300 – £6,500£29616.6 yrs+2.9 pts · reaches D

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

£7,209
per year at grade F
£3,995
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £3,214 a year — a 31.6% annual return on £10,175.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2018, states £4,124 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

4 April 2008£250,000

Estimated today: £356,515 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

King Street: 3 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Katesgrove Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Coley Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
E P Collier Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Kendrick SchoolSecondary0.3 miProgress 8 +1.07 · well above average (2023/24)
Reading SchoolSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 +0.89 · well above average (2023/24)
River AcademySecondary0.9 miNot in the KS4 performance tables

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.

255.1
crimes a month
2,806
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 30% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01033415, 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.