18 Brunel Road, Luton, LU4 0RX
About 18 Brunel Road
18 Brunel Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Luton (LU4 0RX). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 914 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2009) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). The latest certificate is from February 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since February 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused, 1 pending. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. An active application for an extension is awaiting a decision. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £279,000 sits 220.7% above the 2002 sale of £87,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£95/sq ft) was about 38.1% below the postcode norm.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- GarageYes
Building
- Heating systemGas
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
18 Brunel Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 24 Feb 2019
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 24 February 2019
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Planning history
18 Brunel Road has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
2 applications on record at 18 Brunel Road, Luton, LU4 0RX
- Nov 2013ExtensionOutlineOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Notification of building works - single storey rear extensionDepth - 6mMaximum height of extension - 4mHeight to eaves - 3m
- Reference
- 13/01387/RES
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionSept 2014Decision
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Sales history & valuation
18 Brunel Road's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2002).
£279,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£87,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
25 February 2002Most recent
£87,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LU4 0RX: £270,000 (2026–2020).
Versus other Brunel Road homes
EPC Rating for 18 Brunel Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,025
Street avg £2,367
Floor Area
85 m²
Street avg 87 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.8 t/year
Street avg 3.2 t/year
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Crime
288/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Brunel Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Chantry Primary Academy. 34 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.1dB







