3 Kendal Close, Luton LU3 3DR

Semi-Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 82 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £16,785 · £8,393 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£376.2 yrs+2.5 pts
Low energy lighting£60£317.9 yrs+0.2 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£7750+ yrs+5.3 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£5950+ yrs+4.1 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£7150+ yrs+4.9 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

£1,271
per year at grade D
£1,024
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £247 a year — a 1.5% annual return on £16,785.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2017, states £827 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

17 December 2007£82,000
10 July 1997£54,500
31 January 1997£33,000

Estimated today: £149,435 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Kendal Close: 14 sales since 1995 · £266,333 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Parklea Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Whitefield Primary AcademyPrimary0.3 mi
Waulud Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Lealands High SchoolSecondary0.3 miProgress 8 -0.04 · average (2023/24)
Lea Manor High SchoolSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 -0.98 · well below average (2023/24)
Challney High School for GirlsSecondary1.2 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.

10.5
crimes a month
115
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 42% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01015802, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Kendal Close

How this home sits against its street.

7
graded homes
63.6
average score
C
most common grade
+1.4
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.