1 Startpoint, Downs Road, Luton LU1 1XW

End-Terrace flat · Built 1950-1966 · 46 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

EC for £6,020 · £3,010 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£20£141.4 yrs+0.4 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£2374.2 yrs+6.7 pts · reaches D
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£31715.8 yrs+8.9 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

£1,601
per year at grade E
£1,033
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £568 a year — a 9.4% annual return on £6,020.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £1,656 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

25 November 2025£122,000
21 July 2023£112,000
29 June 2017£100,000
27 October 2014£40,000
22 July 2005£75,000
25 October 2002£59,995
24 May 2002£39,000

Estimated today: £120,500 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
Whipperley Infant AcademyPrimary0.4 mi
Farley Junior AcademyPrimary0.4 mi
The Stockwood Park AcademySecondary0.6 miProgress 8 -0.21 · below average (2023/24)
Denbigh High SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.80 · well above average (2023/24)
Chiltern AcademySecondary1.4 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
-13.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.