Flat 2, 20 South Street, Reading RG1 4FG

Enclosed Mid-Terrace flat · Built 1983-1990 · 37 m² · Rented (Private) · Room heaters, electric

Upgrade Plan

E → C for £9,150 · £4,575 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-retention storage heaters—£400 – £800£3871.6 yrs+16.3 pts · reaches D
Shower heat recovery—£600 – £1,500£3232.5 yrs+1.4 pts
Floor insulation—£5,000 – £10,000£19638.2 yrs+8.3 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

£1,329
per year at grade E
£714
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £615 a year — a 6.7% annual return on £9,150.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill.

Sold prices

25 September 2015£170,000

Estimated today: £203,166 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

South Street: 217 sales since 1995 · £250,839 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Katesgrove Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi—
Coley Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi—
New Christ Church Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi—
Kendrick SchoolSecondary0.1 miProgress 8 +1.07 · well above average (2023/24)
Reading SchoolSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 +0.89 · well above average (2023/24)
Maiden Erlegh School in ReadingSecondary1.1 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.

10.2
crimes a month
112
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 26% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01033839, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

South Street

How this home sits against its street.

129
graded homes
65
average score
C
most common grade
-14.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.