Flat 2, 31, Downs Road, Luton LU1 1QP

Semi-Detached flat · Built 1900-1929 · 15 m² · Unknown · Community scheme

Upgrade Plan

DC for £10,000 · £10,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£7114.1 yrs+3.8 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£7750+ yrs+4.2 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

£580
per year at grade D
£432
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £148 a year — a 1.5% annual return on £10,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £368 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Downs Road: 482 sales since 1995 · £150,111 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Dallow Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Hillborough Junior SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Hillborough Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
The Stockwood Park AcademySecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -0.21 · below average (2023/24)
Denbigh High SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.80 · well above average (2023/24)
Chiltern AcademySecondary1.2 miProgress 8 +0.38 · 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.

24.9
crimes a month
274
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 39% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01015795, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Downs Road

How this home sits against its street.

282
graded homes
66
average score
C
most common grade
-2.0
this home vs street
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