2 Malham Close, Luton LU4 8PH

Semi-Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 99 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £26,000 · £13,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Heating controls£350 – £450£606.7 yrs+2.0 pts
Room-in-roof insulation£1,500 – £2,700£2269.3 yrs+7.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£15229.7 yrs+5.0 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£16430.5 yrs+5.4 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£12739.3 yrs+4.2 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£17750+ yrs+5.9 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

£1,894
per year at grade D
£988
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £906 a year — a 3.5% annual return on £26,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2021, states £1,151 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

30 November 2016£220,000
20 April 2007£157,500
15 November 1996£40,500

Estimated today: £288,645 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Malham Close: 81 sales since 1995 · £190,462 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Downside Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Norton Road Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Challney High School for BoysSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 +0.56 · well above average (2023/24)
Challney High School for GirlsSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 +0.74 · well above average (2023/24)
Denbigh High SchoolSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 +0.80 · 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.

15.6
crimes a month
172
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 41% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01015787, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Malham Close

How this home sits against its street.

28
graded homes
67.8
average score
C
most common grade
-11.8
this home vs street
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