Flat 1, 124 Castle Hill, Reading RG1 7RL

Semi-Detached flat · Built 1900-1929 · 78 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

ED for £400 · £400 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Heating controls£350 – £450£626.4 yrs+1.8 pts · reaches D
Floor insulation(optional, beyond D)£4,000 – £6,000£17129.3 yrs+5.0 pts
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond D)£4,000 – £14,000£18448.8 yrs+5.4 pts
Double glazing(optional, beyond D)£3,300 – £6,500£6250+ yrs+1.8 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

£1,555
per year at grade E
£1,076
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £62 a year — a 15.5% annual return on £400.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £934 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

26 July 2022£195,000
20 March 2008£199,950
28 March 2003£152,000
26 August 1999£89,000

Estimated today: £192,042 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Land Associated With: 36 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Coley Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Katesgrove Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
All Saints Junior SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Kendrick SchoolSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 +1.07 · well above average (2023/24)
River AcademySecondary0.9 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
The WREN SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 -0.13 · 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.

21.8
crimes a month
240
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 36% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01033423, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Land Associated With

How this home sits against its street.

8
graded homes
64.5
average score
D
most common grade
-10.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.