7 Cardinal Close, Caversham, Reading RG4 8BZ

Semi-Detached flat · Built 1976-1982 · 38 m² · Rented (Private) · Electric ceiling heating

Upgrade Plan

EC for £3,700 · £1,850 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-retention storage heaters£1,200 – £200£5781.2 yrs+19.9 pts · reaches D
Floor insulation£6,000 – £0£29410.2 yrs+10.1 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

£1,510
per year at grade E
£638
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £872 a year — a 23.6% annual return on £3,700.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2018, states £864 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

21 April 2006£137,500
17 June 1998£69,000

Estimated today: £219,910 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Cardinal Close: 84 sales since 1995 · £387,246 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Thameside Primary SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
E P Collier Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
River AcademySecondary0.6 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
Kendrick SchoolSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 +1.07 · well above average (2023/24)
Highdown School and Sixth Form CentreSecondary1.2 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.

11.6
crimes a month
128
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 42% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01016365, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Cardinal Close

How this home sits against its street.

37
graded homes
58.6
average score
D
most common grade
-10.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.