116 New Bedford Road, Luton, LU3 1DF
About 116 New Bedford Road
116 New Bedford Road is a six-bedroom semi-detached house in Luton (LU3 1DF). It has a recorded floor area of 218 m² (around 2347 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 218 m² the property is well over the postcode median (65 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£216/sq ft) was about 132.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2022 for £506,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms6
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- ParkingOff road
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
116 New Bedford Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
116 New Bedford Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
17applications of note in the surrounding area
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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 116 New Bedford Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£523,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£506,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 August 2022Most recent
£506,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LU3 1DF: £163,500 (2019–2005).
Nearby sales in LU3 1DF
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What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Cromwell Hill — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Denbigh High School. 37 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.1dB