228 Marsh Road, Luton LU3 2RX

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1930-1949 · 83 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £19,520 · £9,760 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£20£45.1 yrs+0.2 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£9011.1 yrs+5.5 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£8350+ yrs+5.1 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£7050+ yrs+4.3 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£9750+ yrs+5.9 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

£1,067
per year at grade D
£722
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £345 a year — a 1.8% annual return on £19,520.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £881 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

5 September 2005£131,000
2 December 2002£107,000
5 May 2000£63,500

Estimated today: £265,907 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Marsh Road: 330 sales since 1995 · £199,458 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Beechwood Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Norton Road Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Waulud Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Challney High School for GirlsSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 +0.74 · well above average (2023/24)
Challney High School for BoysSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.56 · 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.

22.2
crimes a month
244
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 36% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01015765, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Marsh Road

How this home sits against its street.

224
graded homes
65.5
average score
C
most common grade
-0.5
this home vs street
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