LU4 9HG
Last sold £83,300 in November 1999
12, Barking Close, Luton
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Elevation
- About 128m — higher than about 50% of homes in Luton
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Price history in context
- Nov 1999 — £83,300
What this home might be worth today
£296,000
Estimate range £281,000–£311,000
+255.7% since November 1999 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 200 nearby sales within a year · semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Pirton Hill Primary School 7-min walk
- Leagrave Primary School 21-min walk
- Leagrave station 1.6km
- Great Bramingham Wood 2.2km
- The coast (coastline) 48.9km
- Lake 420m
- Pond 379m
- Canal 12.5km
- Houghton Brook 413m
- Woodside Park 351m
- Playing Field 480m
- Sundon Superstore 752m
- Sedgwick Road (Opp) 66m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data
Commute by train
From Leagrave, 1.6km away
- 37 min London
- 95 min Cambridge
- 109 min Oxford
- 115 min Brighton
Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.
Schools nearby
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Noise
Road noise here is mapped at 55–59 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — audible traffic.
Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,550 hours a year — sunnier than 40% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on a gentle north-east-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 3% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Around average for England & Wales — 92 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 3, Barking Close, Luton £58,000 · 1995
- 9, Barking Close, Luton £85,000 · 2000
- 23, Barking Close, Luton £110,995 · 2000
- 2, Barking Close, Luton £148,000 · 2003
- 11a, Barking Close, Luton £200,000 · 2004
- 19, Barking Close, Luton £144,500 · 2012
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Erection of single storey side and rear extension with changes to fenestration. Apr 2026 source
- Permitted Request for a determination as to whether prior approval is required under Part 1 Class A… Oct 2025 source
- Rejected Retrospective revised planning application for continued use for the manufacture of… Feb 2026 source
- Undecided Hybrid planning application comprising: Outline planning application (all matters… Jun 2026 source
- Undecided Hybrid planning application comprising: Outline planning application (all matters… Jun 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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