24 Bancroft Road, Luton, LU3 2NB
About 24 Bancroft Road
24 Bancroft Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Luton (LU3 2NB). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2019) shows a C (score 73). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 88).
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 98 m² it's 17.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (84 m² median across 32 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 88% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £458,000 is 14.5% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£379/sq ft) was about 157.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2022 for £400,000. 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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
24 Bancroft Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Mar 2004ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of single storey rear extension.
- Reference
- 04/00105/FUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£458,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£400,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
30 March 2022Most recent
£400,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LU3 2NB: £277,000 (2024–2020).
Everything we know about 24 Bancroft Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Bancroft Road homes
On price per m², 24 Bancroft Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,082
Street avg £2,130
Floor Area
98 m²
Street avg 93 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.1 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
6/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Britannia Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Icknield Primary School. 36 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.4dB