16 Chester Avenue, Luton, LU4 9SF
About 16 Chester Avenue
16 Chester Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Luton (LU4 9SF). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2018) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 91 m² it's 21.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (75 m² median across 36 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £357,000 is 28.9% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£283/sq ft) was about 86.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £277,000 in December 2018.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- DrivewayYes
Building
- Previously extendedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
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Energy performance
16 Chester Avenue's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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Planning history
16 Chester Avenue has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
2 applications on record at 16 Chester Avenue, Luton, LU4 9SF
- Mar 2019ExtensionOutlineOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Request for a determination as to whether prior approval is required under Part 1 Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - Single storey rear extension. Depth 6.0m, Maximum height of extension 4.0m, Height to eaves 3.0m.
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 19/00178/RES
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionAug 2019Decision
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Sales history & valuation
16 Chester Avenue valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£357,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£277,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
18 December 2018Most recent
£277,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LU4 9SF: £270,000 (2025–2019).
Versus other Chester Avenue homes
16 Chester Avenue is notably below the street on habitable rooms.
Price per m²
£3,044
Street avg £2,586
Floor Area
91 m²
Street avg 85 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.1 t/year
Street avg 4.3 t/year
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Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Wingate Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Downside Primary School. 39 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.1dB