73 Birchen Grove, Luton LU2 7TL

End-Terrace flat · Built 1950-1966 · 44 m² · Rented (Private) · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

EC for £7,030 · £3,515 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-retention storage heaters£800 – £1,200£3782.6 yrs+11.0 pts · reaches D
Low energy lighting£30£83.6 yrs+0.2 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1437.0 yrs+4.2 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£19226.1 yrs+5.6 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

£1,607
per year at grade E
£886
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £721 a year — a 10.3% annual return on £7,030.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2020, states £1,030 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

25 May 2001£54,000
16 August 1996£29,750

Estimated today: £160,172 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Birchen Grove: 218 sales since 1995 · £177,902 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Ramridge Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Stopsley Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Stopsley High SchoolSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 -0.33 · below average (2023/24)
Denbigh High SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.80 · well above average (2023/24)
Queen Elizabeth SchoolSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 -0.34 · 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.

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.

Birchen Grove

How this home sits against its street.

164
graded homes
61.7
average score
D
most common grade
-8.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.