56 Connaught Road, Reading RG30 2UP

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1900-1929 · 79 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

EB for £16,580 · £5,527 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£30£102.9 yrs+0.3 pts
Floor insulation£1,200 – £200£2392.9 yrs+7.0 pts
Loft insulation£350£1143.1 yrs+3.3 pts
High-retention storage heaters£3,000 – £0£4703.2 yrs+13.8 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£18516.2 yrs+5.4 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £0£22118.1 yrs+6.5 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation£14,000 – £0£25827.1 yrs+7.6 pts · reaches B

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

£2,725
per year at grade E
£1,227
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,498 a year — a 9.0% annual return on £16,580.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2018, states £1,559 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

8 May 2026£290,000
30 April 2019£250,000
7 April 2008£172,000
5 December 2003£138,000
5 October 1998£64,250
27 January 1995£44,500

Estimated today: £291,412 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Connaught Road: 397 sales since 1995 · £262,543 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Battle Primary AcademyPrimary0.2 mi
Oxford Road Community SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
All Saints Church of England Aided Infant SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
The WREN SchoolSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -0.13 · average (2023/24)
River AcademySecondary0.7 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic SchoolSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 -0.02 · 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.

10.7
crimes a month
118
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 47% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01016361, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Connaught Road

How this home sits against its street.

149
graded homes
65.8
average score
D
most common grade
-26.8
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.