14 Shingle Close, Luton LU3 4AR

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1983-1990 · 51 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £9,500 · £9,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£2750+ yrs+5.8 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£3050+ yrs+6.3 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£2350+ yrs+4.9 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

£798
per year at grade C
£718
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £57 a year — a 0.6% annual return on £9,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2021, states £482 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

18 February 2022£179,500
26 September 2014£125,000
16 October 2009£120,000
19 September 2003£92,500
19 June 1998£34,000

Estimated today: £193,119 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Shingle Close: 71 sales since 1995 · £194,900 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Bramingham Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
The Meads Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Warden Hill Infant AcademyPrimary0.6 mi
Lea Manor High SchoolSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 -0.98 · well below average (2023/24)
Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science CollegeSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 +0.38 · above average (2023/24)
Icknield High SchoolSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 +0.54 · 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.

5.7
crimes a month
40
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 48% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01015709, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Shingle Close

How this home sits against its street.

21
graded homes
63.6
average score
D
most common grade
+7.4
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.