5 Black Swan Lane, Luton, LU3 2LU
About 5 Black Swan Lane
5 Black Swan Lane is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Luton (LU3 2LU). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2017) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.
Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £345,000 sits 72.5% above the 2022 sale of £200,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£160/sq ft) was about 19.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 116 m² it's 19.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (97 m² median across 32 EPCs). Last sale on file: £200,000 in May 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- GarageYes
Building
- Heating systemGas
- RefurbishedYes
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
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Certificate validity
Valid until 20 February 2027
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Planning history
5 Black Swan Lane has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 5 Black Swan Lane, Luton, LU3 2LU
- Jun 2015ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of a single stoery and first floor rear extension.
- Reference
- 15/00504/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
5 Black Swan Lane has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£345,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.0% per year over 26 years.
£200,000
Growth on file: 5.0% per year over 26 years.
Sales timeline
10 May 2022Most recent
£200,000
+250.9%over 25 years19 September 1996
£57,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LU3 2LU: £315,000 (2025–2021).
Versus other Black Swan Lane homes
5 Black Swan Lane outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,724
Street avg £1,989
Floor Area
116 m²
Street avg 98 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.7 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
249/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Westmorland Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Icknield Primary School. 34 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.2dB