16 Lucas Gardens, Luton LU3 4BE

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1983-1990 · 51 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CA for £17,100 · £8,550 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£1550+ yrs+3.7 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£2350+ yrs+5.6 pts · reaches B
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£2450+ yrs+6.0 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£1950+ yrs+4.7 pts · reaches A

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

£375
per year at grade C
£294
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £81 a year — a 0.5% annual return on £17,100.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2024, states £420 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

10 January 2024£270,000
13 February 2017£221,000
19 September 2014£168,000
31 July 2009£143,500
4 October 2002£118,500
22 November 2001£59,000
15 January 2001£80,000
27 September 1996£48,500

Estimated today: £288,056 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Lucas Gardens: 272 sales since 1995 · £200,204 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Bramingham Primary SchoolPrimary0.1 mi
Warden Hill Junior SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Warden Hill Infant AcademyPrimary0.4 mi
Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science CollegeSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 +0.38 · above average (2023/24)
Lea Manor High SchoolSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 -0.98 · well below average (2023/24)
Icknield High SchoolSecondary0.9 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.

7.6
crimes a month
68
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 43% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01015710, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Lucas Gardens

How this home sits against its street.

87
graded homes
73
average score
C
most common grade
+1.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.