25 Wharfedale, Luton LU4 9XS

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1983-1990 · 60 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £8,100 · £4,050 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£7812.9 yrs+6.9 pts · reaches C
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£4850+ yrs+4.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£7250+ yrs+6.4 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£6050+ yrs+5.4 pts

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

£868
per year at grade D
£611
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £197 a year — a 2.4% annual return on £8,100.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £717 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

20 December 2013£118,000
7 September 2001£66,500
15 January 1999£45,000

Estimated today: £225,193 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Wharfedale: 61 sales since 1995 · £204,917 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Leagrave Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Pirton Hill Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Ferrars Junior SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Challney High School for GirlsSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 +0.74 · well above average (2023/24)
Challney High School for BoysSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 +0.56 · well above average (2023/24)
The Chalk Hills AcademySecondary0.9 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
crimes a month
154
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 42% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01015749, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Wharfedale

How this home sits against its street.

24
graded homes
69.3
average score
C
most common grade
-3.3
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.