2.1 Rivergate House, Cheapside, Luton LU1 2HN

End-Terrace flat · Built 1967-1975 · 26 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-retention storage heaters(optional, beyond C)£600£817.5 yrs+2.8 pts
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond C)£25£214.0 yrs+0.1 pts
High-performance doors(optional, beyond C)£500£3315.3 yrs+1.1 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

£621
per year at grade C
£506
per year at grade C

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £379 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

21 July 2025£65,000
9 April 2019£71,500
30 March 2017£67,500
31 March 2016£65,000
2 July 2013£45,000
23 August 2002£43,000

Estimated today: £64,399 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Cheapside: 25 sales since 1995 · £176,429 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Matthew's Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
The Linden AcademyPrimary0.7 mi
Dallow Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Chiltern AcademySecondary0.8 miProgress 8 +0.38 · above average (2023/24)
Denbigh High SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.80 · well above average (2023/24)
The Stockwood Park AcademySecondary1.2 miProgress 8 -0.21 · below 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.

77.3
crimes a month
850
in the last 12 months
Shoplifting
most common · 29% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01033805, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Cheapside

How this home sits against its street.

51
graded homes
68.4
average score
C
most common grade
+7.6
this home vs street
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