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8 Brays Road, Luton, LU2 9DD

4 sales on record
Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
3
Bathroom
1
Floor area
79 m²
850 sq ft
Energy rating
C
Score 69
Council tax
Band B
Tenure
Private Rental
Overview

About 8 Brays Road

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

8 Brays Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Luton (LU2 9DD). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2017) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85).

Last sale on file: £285,000 in June 2021. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2001–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £326,000 is 14.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£335/sq ft) was about 81.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms3
  • Bathrooms1
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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Current Certificate
Jan 2017

EPC Rating

A
B
C
C69
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
3.0 t/year
Occupancy
Rented

Certificate validity

Valid until 6 January 2027

4 months remaining
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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 8 Brays Road, Luton, LU2 9DD, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

8 Brays Road has no planning applications on record.

1

But the area is active

1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

8 Brays Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2001.

Current estimate

£326,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.0% per year over 20 years.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2021)

£285,000

Growth on file: 9.0% per year over 20 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 27 June 2021Most recent

    £285,000

    +103.6%over 15 years

  2. 28 September 2005

    £140,000

    +60.9%over 3 years

  3. 20 December 2001

    £87,000

    +68.9%

  4. 2 September 2001

    £51,500

Median price across the last 5 sales in LU2 9DD: £287,000 (2024–2020).

On the street

Versus other Brays Road homes

Four headline reads against 30 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Price per m² for 8 Brays Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.

Price per m²

£3,608

Street avg £2,412

Strongly above

Floor Area

79 m²

Street avg 84 m²

Above

Habitable Rooms

4 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

3.0 t/year

Street avg 3.2 t/year

On par
Before you decide

Everything you need to know about 8 Brays Road

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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
£328k

1 Clevedon Road

LU2 9EB

3 bed
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1 Birtley Croft

LU2 9TR

3 bed1 bath
£347k

1 Buckingham Drive

LU2 9RA

3 bed
£306k

1 Brays Road

LU2 9DD

3 bed1 bath
£360k

1 Corbridge Drive

LU2 9UF

3 bed2 bath
£292k

1 Dovehouse Hill

LU2 9ES

3 bed
£385k

1 Ashcroft Road

LU2 9AU

3 bed1 bath
£325k

1 Eastcott Close

LU2 9JP

2 bed1 bath
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Luton district page.
Full Luton report

Crime

385/mo

Falling year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Brays Road — bus stop.

Closest school

0.4 km

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School. 24 schools nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around LU2 9DD from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for LU2 9DD

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

50.7dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for LU2 9DD

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

40.3dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about 8 Brays Road, Luton, LU2 9DD. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.