152 Dunsmore Road, Luton LU1 5JZ

Semi-Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 63 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £10,033 · £5,016 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£620.4 yrs+4.1 pts
Loft insulation£100 – £350£356.5 yrs+2.3 pts
Low energy lighting£35£311.0 yrs+0.2 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£7313.8 yrs+4.8 pts · reaches C
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£5418.5 yrs+3.6 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£6045.7 yrs+4.0 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£5650+ yrs+3.7 pts · reaches B
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond B)£9,000 – £14,000£6750+ yrs+4.4 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

£1,133
per year at grade D
£723
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £343 a year — a 3.4% annual return on £10,033.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £755 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

14 March 2014£162,000
6 July 2001£86,000
31 July 1995£49,500

Estimated today: £310,677 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Dunsmore Road: 267 sales since 1995 · £259,513 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Farley Junior AcademyPrimary0.3 mi
Hillborough Junior SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Hillborough Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
The Stockwood Park AcademySecondary0.5 miProgress 8 -0.21 · below average (2023/24)
Denbigh High SchoolSecondary1.1 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.

10.5
crimes a month
115
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 57% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01015734, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Dunsmore Road

How this home sits against its street.

98
graded homes
65.7
average score
D
most common grade
-4.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.