89 Berkeley Avenue, Reading RG1 6HS

Semi-Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 172 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £1,225 · £1,225 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£872.6 yrs+1.7 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1845.4 yrs+3.6 pts · reaches C
Cavity wall insulation(optional, beyond C)£500 – £1,500£1377.3 yrs+2.7 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£3,500 – £5,500£17026.5 yrs+3.3 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£14335.1 yrs+2.8 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

£2,913
per year at grade D
£2,192
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £271 a year — a 22.1% annual return on £1,225.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2024, states £3,265 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

15 August 2024£550,000

Estimated today: £571,579 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Berkeley Avenue: 259 sales since 1995 · £353,371 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
All Saints Church of England Aided Infant SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
All Saints Junior SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
St Mary & All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
The WREN SchoolSecondary0.3 miProgress 8 -0.13 · average (2023/24)
Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic SchoolSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 -0.02 · average (2023/24)
King's Academy ProspectSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 -0.39 · below 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.

17
crimes a month
187
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 29% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01016393, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Berkeley Avenue

How this home sits against its street.

194
graded homes
74.9
average score
B
most common grade
-10.9
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.