1 Rectory Road, Caversham, Reading RG4 7SH

End-Terrace house · Built 1900-1929 · 135 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

FB for £29,985 · £7,496 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£2660.4 yrs+6.2 pts · reaches E
Hot water cylinder insulation£200 – £400£2701.1 yrs+6.3 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£3163.2 yrs+7.4 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£1153.5 yrs+2.7 pts · reaches D
Low energy lighting£85£146.2 yrs+0.3 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£19413.4 yrs+4.5 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£24520.4 yrs+5.7 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£34126.4 yrs+8.0 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£29239.4 yrs+6.8 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

£3,242
per year at grade F
£1,189
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £2,053 a year — a 6.8% annual return on £29,985.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £1,968 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

18 June 1997£120,000

Estimated today: £720,000 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Rectory Road: 52 sales since 1995 · £867,375 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Thameside Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Caversham Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
River AcademySecondary0.6 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
Highdown School and Sixth Form CentreSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.25 · above average (2023/24)
Kendrick SchoolSecondary1.3 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.

9.6
crimes a month
86
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 24% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01016364, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Rectory Road

How this home sits against its street.

23
graded homes
64.7
average score
D
most common grade
-29.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.