3 Atholl Close, Luton LU3 3LD

Semi-Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 81 m² · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £8,197 · £8,197 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£23 – £300typical£901.8 yrs+3.1 pts
Low energy lighting£20 – £50typical£57.6 yrs+0.2 pts
Heating controls£400typical£3810.4 yrs+1.3 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,600typical£6540.2 yrs+2.2 pts
Solar water heating£5,000typical£8250+ yrs+2.8 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£4,500 – £9,000typical£9850+ yrs+3.4 pts

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

£1,305
per year at grade D
£928
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £279 a year — a 3.4% annual return on £8,197.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2010, states £816 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

24 November 2011£176,000
30 January 2009£165,000
24 May 2001£110,000
25 July 1996£57,500

Estimated today: £364,800 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Atholl Close: 16 sales since 1995 · £295,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Parklea Primary SchoolPrimary0.1 mi
Whitefield Primary AcademyPrimary0.3 mi
Waulud Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Lealands High SchoolSecondary0.3 miProgress 8 -0.04 · average (2023/24)
Lea Manor High SchoolSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -0.98 · well below average (2023/24)
Challney High School for GirlsSecondary1.5 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.

7
crimes a month
70
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 53% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01015803, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Atholl Close

How this home sits against its street.

7
graded homes
56.1
average score
D
most common grade
+5.9
this home vs street
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