16 Willow Way, Luton LU3 2SD

End-Terrace house · Built 1900-1929 · 72 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £10,500 · £5,250 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£6116.3 yrs+6.1 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£5750+ yrs+5.6 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£4850+ yrs+4.7 pts · reaches B
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £14,000£6650+ yrs+6.6 pts

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

£638
per year at grade D
£406
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £166 a year — a 1.6% annual return on £10,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2024, states £688 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

8 November 2024£310,000
15 September 2017£265,000
18 December 2008£147,000
24 May 2002£102,000
10 December 2001£52,000

Estimated today: £322,312 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Willow Way: 154 sales since 1995 · £272,584 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Norton Road Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
The Meads Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Waulud Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Challney High School for GirlsSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 +0.74 · well above average (2023/24)
Lea Manor High SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 -0.98 · well below average (2023/24)
Challney High School for BoysSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 +0.56 · 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.

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.

Willow Way

How this home sits against its street.

64
graded homes
61.2
average score
D
most common grade
+5.8
this home vs street
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