75 Portland Road, Luton LU4 8AX

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1900-1929 · 83 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £19,535 · £9,768 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£35£48.4 yrs+0.2 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£9610.5 yrs+5.0 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£8950+ yrs+4.6 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£7450+ yrs+3.9 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£10350+ yrs+5.4 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

£1,254
per year at grade D
£888
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £366 a year — a 1.9% annual return on £19,535.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2020, states £795 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

28 May 2004£112,000
28 September 2000£57,995

Estimated today: £249,133 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Portland Road: 114 sales since 1995 · £259,917 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Maidenhall Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Foxdell Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Beech Hill Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Denbigh High SchoolSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 +0.80 · well above average (2023/24)
The Stockwood Park AcademySecondary1.1 miProgress 8 -0.21 · below average (2023/24)
Challney High School for BoysSecondary1.2 miProgress 8 +0.56 · 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.

17.9
crimes a month
197
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 38% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01015726, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Portland Road

How this home sits against its street.

70
graded homes
59.8
average score
D
most common grade
+7.2
this home vs street
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