8 Avenue Grimaldi, Luton LU3 1TJ

Semi-Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 89 m² · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

ED for £3,225 · £3,225 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£225typical£534.2 yrs+1.7 pts
Heating controls£400typical£419.8 yrs+1.3 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,600typical£6937.8 yrs+2.2 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating(optional, beyond D)£5,000typical£8750+ yrs+2.7 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond D)£4,500 – £9,000typical£10450+ yrs+3.3 pts
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond D)£9,000typical£12150+ yrs+3.8 pts

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges, except where marked typical, which this certificate did not price and which are taken instead from comparable homes of the same type. 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

£1,768
per year at grade E
£1,294
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £163 a year — a 5.1% annual return on £3,225.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2009, states £1,066 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

22 May 2006£100,000
7 July 1997£45,000
21 June 1996£43,500

Estimated today: £206,855 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Avenue Grimaldi: 48 sales since 1995 · £311,409 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Norton Road Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Denbigh Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Denbigh High SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.80 · well above average (2023/24)
Icknield High SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.54 · well above average (2023/24)
Challney High School for GirlsSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 +0.74 · 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.

12.4
crimes a month
136
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 42% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01015786, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Avenue Grimaldi

How this home sits against its street.

39
graded homes
56.2
average score
D
most common grade
-6.2
this home vs street
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