1a Duxford Close, Luton LU3 2DB

Detached bungalow · Built 2003-2006 · 195 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £7,120 · £7,120 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£120£523.1 yrs+0.2 pts
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£9232.6 yrs+3.6 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £0£11036.4 yrs+4.2 pts · reaches B

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

£1,625
per year at grade C
£1,418
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £207 a year — a 2.9% annual return on £7,120.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2018, states £1,044 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

10 May 2018£500,000

Estimated today: £604,067 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Duxford Close: 8 sales since 1995 · £380,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Warden Hill Junior SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Warden Hill Infant AcademyPrimary0.3 mi
Bramingham Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Icknield High SchoolSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 +0.54 · well above average (2023/24)
Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science CollegeSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 +0.38 · above average (2023/24)
Lea Manor High SchoolSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -0.98 · well 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.

17.3
crimes a month
173
in the last 12 months
Shoplifting
most common · 40% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01015748, 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.