87 Hitchin Road, Luton, LU2 0EW
About 87 Hitchin Road
87 Hitchin Road is an end-of-terrace house in Luton (LU2 0EW). It has a recorded floor area of 97 m² (around 1044 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2017) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump.
At 97 m² the property is well over the postcode median (48 m² across 35 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include HMO conversion and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£287/sq ft) was about 75.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £300,000 in August 2024.
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- May 2024HMOOutlineIn report
Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development - Conversion and Change of use from a three bed dwellinghouse (C3) to a six person HMO (C4).
Change of Use- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/00241/LAWP
- Nov 2000ConditionsIn report
Conversion and change of use of shop with living accommodation to dwellinghouse - Discharge of Condition 03 (boundary treatment) of Permission 00/00781/COU dated 13th September 2000.
- Reference
- 00/01185/DIS
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 87 Hitchin Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£298,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.2% per year over 26 years.
£300,000
Growth on file: 8.2% per year over 26 years.
Sales timeline
20 August 2024Most recent
£300,000
+212.5%over 22 years21 December 2001
£96,000
+29.7%over 10 months28 February 2001
£74,000
+34.5%over 8 months6 July 2000
£55,000
+48.6%over 2 years25 March 1998
£37,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LU2 0EW: £250,000 (2023–2021).
Versus other Hitchin Road homes
On years held, 87 Hitchin Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,093
Street avg £2,742
Floor Area
97 m²
Street avg 81 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 3.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Jubilee Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
St Matthew's Primary School. 35 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.5dB