Flat D, 2 Downs Road, Luton LU1 1QR

Semi-Detached flat · Built 1900-1929 · 63 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond D)£15£82.0 yrs+0.2 pts
Heating controls(optional, beyond D)£350 – £450£646.3 yrs+1.9 pts
Band A condensing boiler(optional, beyond D)£2,200 – £3,000£10824.1 yrs+3.2 pts
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond D)£4,000 – £14,000£19047.5 yrs+5.7 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

£1,441
per year at grade D
£1,072
per year at grade D

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £852 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

30 October 2023£153,000
17 October 2014£100,000
21 November 2007£124,000
21 November 2003£121,000
22 April 2002£249,995

Estimated today: £149,738 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

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
Farley Junior AcademyPrimary0.4 mi
Hillborough Junior 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
-11.0
this home vs street
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