1 Shepherds Road, Luton LU4 0SP

Semi-Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 92 m² · Owner-Occupied · Warm air, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EB for £19,655 · £6,552 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£942.4 yrs+3.4 pts · reaches D
Low energy lighting£55£96.4 yrs+0.3 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1486.8 yrs+5.4 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£19825.3 yrs+7.2 pts · reaches C
Warm air unit replacement£1,250 – £2,500£7026.7 yrs+2.5 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£15332.6 yrs+5.6 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£18335.5 yrs+6.6 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

£1,795
per year at grade E
£940
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £855 a year — a 4.4% annual return on £19,655.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2016, states £1,261 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Shepherd Road: 2 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Chantry Primary AcademyPrimary0.1 mi
St Martin De Porres Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Southfield Primary AcademyPrimary0.5 mi
The Chalk Hills AcademySecondary0.4 miProgress 8 -0.02 · average (2023/24)
Houstone SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 -0.74 · well below average (2023/24)
Challney High School for GirlsSecondary1.3 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.

8.3
crimes a month
91
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 58% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01015757, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Shepherd Road

How this home sits against its street.

6
graded homes
67.5
average score
C
most common grade
-14.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.