22 Abingdon Drive, Caversham, Reading RG4 6SD

Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 132 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £14,500 · £14,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£6250+ yrs+3.4 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£6750+ yrs+3.7 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£5250+ yrs+2.9 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

£1,522
per year at grade C
£1,341
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £181 a year — a 1.2% annual return on £14,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2025, states £1,273 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
The Hill Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Emmer Green Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Caversham Park Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Highdown School and Sixth Form CentreSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 +0.25 · above average (2023/24)
River AcademySecondary1.8 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
Kendrick SchoolSecondary2.3 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.

7.8
crimes a month
78
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 40% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01016407, 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.