49 Dexter Close, Luton LU3 4DY

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1983-1990 · 58 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £11,500 · £11,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£3150+ yrs+6.8 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£3750+ yrs+8.2 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

£744
per year at grade C
£676
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £68 a year — a 0.6% annual return on £11,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2017, states £481 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

23 March 2018£230,000
20 December 2013£160,000
12 November 2004£130,000
13 May 2004£129,495

Estimated today: £278,565 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Dexter Close: 220 sales since 1995 · £263,385 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
Warden Hill Junior SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Warden Hill Infant AcademyPrimary0.6 mi
Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science CollegeSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 +0.38 · above average (2023/24)
Lea Manor High SchoolSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -0.98 · well below average (2023/24)
Icknield High SchoolSecondary1.1 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.

8.9
crimes a month
89
in the last 12 months
Anti-social behaviour
most common · 31% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01015707, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Dexter Close

How this home sits against its street.

73
graded homes
65
average score
D
most common grade
+9.0
this home vs street
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