9 Laburnum Close, Luton LU3 2DR

Semi-Detached bungalow · Built 1950-1966 · 71 m² · Boiler and underfloor heating, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £13,003 · £13,003 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£225typical£484.7 yrs+1.9 pts
Low energy lighting£15 – £40typical£46.3 yrs+0.2 pts
Cavity wall insulation£1,000typical£7513.4 yrs+3.0 pts
Solar water heating£5,000typical£7850+ yrs+3.1 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£4,500 – £9,000typical£9350+ yrs+3.7 pts · reaches C

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

£1,226
per year at grade D
£929
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £297 a year — a 2.3% annual return on £13,003.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2010, states £751 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

31 October 2014£184,000
15 April 2011£170,000
11 October 2002£139,950
9 March 2001£89,600

Estimated today: £323,815 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Laburnum Close: 48 sales since 1995 · £300,446 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Warden Hill Junior SchoolPrimary0.1 mi
Warden Hill Infant AcademyPrimary0.1 mi
Bramingham Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science CollegeSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 +0.38 · above average (2023/24)
Icknield High SchoolSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 +0.54 · well above average (2023/24)
Lea Manor High SchoolSecondary0.9 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.

Laburnum Close

How this home sits against its street.

18
graded homes
62.5
average score
D
most common grade
-2.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.