1 Ross Road, Reading RG1 8EJ

End-Terrace flat · Built before 1900 · 80 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EC for £13,700 · £6,850 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Room-in-roof insulation£1,500 – £2,700£3945.3 yrs+11.7 pts · reaches D
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£17614.8 yrs+5.2 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£30929.1 yrs+9.1 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

£1,789
per year at grade E
£910
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £879 a year — a 6.4% annual return on £13,700.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2021, states £1,087 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
E P Collier Primary SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Civitas AcademyPrimary0.4 mi
Thameside Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
River AcademySecondary0.4 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
Kendrick SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +1.07 · well above average (2023/24)
Highdown School and Sixth Form CentreSecondary1.4 miProgress 8 +0.25 · 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.

38.5
crimes a month
424
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 38% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01016355, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.