Chestnut Cottage, Manor Road, Lower Sundon, Luton, LU3 3PA
About Chestnut Cottage
Chestnut Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Lower Sundon, Luton, Luton (LU3 3PA). It has a recorded floor area of 171 m² (around 1841 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. The latest certificate (September 2019) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).
3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Last sale on file: £690,000 in February 2020. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1995–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £873,000 is 26.5% above the 2020 sale price.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- GarageDouble
- Swimming poolYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Chestnut Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 26 September 2029
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Planning history
Chestnut Cottage has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
3 applications on record at Chestnut Cottage, Manor Road, Lower Sundon, Luton, LU3 3PA
- Apr 2021ExtensionHeritageOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Listed Building: single storey rear extension and internal layout alterations
Listed- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- CB/20/03802/LB
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionOct 2021Decision
- ExtensionApr 2021Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Chestnut Cottage has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1995.
£873,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.2% per year over 24 years.
£690,000
Growth on file: 5.2% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
14 February 2020Most recent
£690,000
+65.3%over 14 years17 August 2005
£417,500
+12.8%over 4 years1 February 2001
£370,000
+85.0%over 5 years18 October 1995
£200,000
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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
0.3 km
Church Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Sundon Lower School. 10 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.6dB







