12 Humberstone Close, Luton LU4 9ST

Semi-Detached bungalow · Built 1930-1949 · 62 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EB for £32,510 · £10,837 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£534.3 yrs+2.9 pts
Low energy lighting£35£57.2 yrs+0.3 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1119.0 yrs+6.1 pts · reaches D
Heating controls£350 – £450£409.9 yrs+2.2 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£9229.9 yrs+5.0 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£6838.2 yrs+3.7 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£8650+ yrs+4.7 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£12050+ yrs+6.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£10350+ yrs+5.6 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

£1,426
per year at grade E
£749
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £677 a year — a 2.1% annual return on £32,510.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £935 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

4 December 2015£240,000
4 June 2014£165,000
30 May 2002£106,000
30 July 1999£56,500

Estimated today: £353,286 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Humberstone Close: 46 sales since 1995 · £296,267 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Downside Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Beechwood Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Challney High School for BoysSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 +0.56 · well above average (2023/24)
Challney High School for GirlsSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 +0.74 · well above average (2023/24)
The Chalk Hills AcademySecondary1.4 miProgress 8 -0.02 · 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.

14.3
crimes a month
157
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 41% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01015711, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Humberstone Close

How this home sits against its street.

25
graded homes
58.1
average score
D
most common grade
-9.1
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.