The Retreat, 8 St. Johns Street, Reading RG1 4EH

Mid-Terrace flat · Built 1930-1949 · 64 m² · Community scheme

Upgrade Plan

ED for £9,000 · £9,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£23238.9 yrs+6.0 pts · reaches D
Double glazing(optional, beyond D)£3,300 – £6,500£7750+ yrs+2.0 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

£1,484
per year at grade E
£1,175
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £232 a year — a 2.6% annual return on £9,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £865 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

St Johns Street: 74 sales since 1995 · £348,043 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St John's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
New Town Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Katesgrove Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Kendrick SchoolSecondary0.2 miProgress 8 +1.07 · well above average (2023/24)
Reading SchoolSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 +0.89 · well above average (2023/24)
Maiden Erlegh School in ReadingSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.12 · 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.

23.5
crimes a month
258
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 47% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01033417, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

St Johns Street

How this home sits against its street.

30
graded homes
62.7
average score
D
most common grade
-10.7
this home vs street
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