3 Acorn Close, Luton LU2 7LU

Detached house · Built 1996-2002 · 218 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond C)£65£414.5 yrs+0.1 pts
Floor insulation(optional, beyond C)£6,000 – £0£10229.3 yrs+2.9 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£5,500 – £500£9531.7 yrs+2.7 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£6,000 – £0£7937.8 yrs+2.3 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

£2,312
per year at grade C
£2,031
per year at grade C

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2020, states £1,457 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

9 December 2020£660,000
27 October 2000£324,000

Estimated today: £770,636 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Acorn Close: 8 sales since 1995 · £652,500 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Stopsley Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Bushmead Primary & Nursery SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Stopsley High SchoolSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 -0.33 · below average (2023/24)
Denbigh High SchoolSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 +0.80 · well above average (2023/24)
Icknield High SchoolSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 +0.54 · well 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.

9.6
crimes a month
86
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 31% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01015775, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.