173 Cranbury Road, Reading RG30 2XB

Mid-Terrace house · Built before 1900 · 76 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £11,675 · £5,838 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£8711.4 yrs+4.4 pts · reaches C
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£6617.7 yrs+3.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£8150+ yrs+4.1 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£6850+ yrs+3.4 pts · reaches B
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £14,000£9550+ yrs+4.8 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

£1,191
per year at grade D
£794
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £302 a year — a 2.6% annual return on £11,675.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £1,633 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

15 February 2024£290,000
26 January 2018£270,000
22 November 2013£177,000
5 July 2006£164,000
24 July 2000£103,000
10 December 1999£91,000

Estimated today: £322,500 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Cranbury Road: 307 sales since 1995 · £273,990 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Battle Primary AcademyPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Wilson Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
All Saints Church of England Aided Infant SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
The WREN SchoolSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 -0.13 · average (2023/24)
Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic SchoolSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -0.02 · average (2023/24)
River AcademySecondary0.9 miNot in the KS4 performance tables

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.

14.4
crimes a month
158
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 44% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01016356, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Cranbury Road

How this home sits against its street.

101
graded homes
60.8
average score
D
most common grade
+6.2
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.