16 Cambridge Street, Reading RG1 7PA

Mid-Terrace flat · Built 1900-1929 · 35 m² · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

EC for £11,733 · £5,866 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£750.3 yrs+2.7 pts · reaches D
Low energy lighting£10£42.6 yrs+0.1 pts
High-retention storage heaters£600 – £800£1724.1 yrs+6.2 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£8711.5 yrs+3.2 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£6515.3 yrs+2.4 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£9450+ yrs+3.4 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

£1,277
per year at grade E
£780
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £497 a year — a 4.2% annual return on £11,733.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £601 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Cambridge Street: 87 sales since 1995 · £281,821 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Oxford Road Community SchoolPrimary0.1 mi
Civitas AcademyPrimary0.2 mi
All Saints Church of England Aided Infant SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
River AcademySecondary0.4 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
The WREN SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 -0.13 · average (2023/24)
Kendrick SchoolSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 +1.07 · well above 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.

26.8
crimes a month
295
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 38% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01016358, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Cambridge Street

How this home sits against its street.

38
graded homes
62.5
average score
D
most common grade
-8.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.