LU2 7RL
Last sold £175,000 in February 2012
53, Lorimer Close, Luton
- Property type
- Terraced
- Bedrooms
- 3 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 786 sq ft / 73 sq m
- EPC rating
- E
- Elevation
- About 123m — higher than about 30% of homes in Luton
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Price history in context
- Feb 2012 — £175,000 · +42.3% · 16 pts behind the UK market
- Mar 2002 — £123,000 · +12.8% · 2 pts behind the UK market
- Sep 2000 — £109,000 · +36.3% · 11 pts ahead of the UK market
- Feb 1999 — £80,000 · +14.3% · 14 pts behind the UK market
- Mar 1996 — £70,000
What this home might be worth today
£310,000
Estimate range £295,000–£326,000
+77.2% since February 2012 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid above the local norm at the time
vs 74 nearby sales within a year · 3-bed (est.) terraced within 1 km
The life around it
- Bushmead Primary & Nursery School 10-min walk
- Luton Sixth Form College 17-min walk
- Luton station 3.1km
- Woodland 2.3km
- The coast (coastline) 47.8km
- Wardown Lake 2.0km
- Pond 1.2km
- River Ivel Navigation 15.7km
- River Lea 1.1km
- Public Park 27m
- Play Area 48m
- The Co-Operative Food 252m
- Lambourn Drive (Nr) 187m
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 Luton, 3.1km away
- 26 min London
- 78 min Cambridge
- 97 min Nottingham
- 104 min Oxford
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
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3 Icknield High School · Secondary 0.7 miles State Ofsted Good Attainment 8: 50.6 — top 40% nationally (2023)
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 1,570 hours a year — sunnier than 50% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on level ground; surrounding hills hide about 4% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Around average for England & Wales — 33 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 52, Lorimer Close, Luton £270,000 · 2026
- 51, Lorimer Close, Luton £310,000 · 2023
- 50, Lorimer Close, Luton £237,000 · 2019
- 54, Lorimer Close, Luton £233,000 · 2014
- 42, Lorimer Close, Luton £200,000 · 2012
- 41, Lorimer Close, Luton £76,950 · 1996
Planning activity nearby
- Undecided Change of use of existing dwelling (Use Class C3) to a home care for up to three children… Apr 2026 source
- Undecided Request for a determination as to whether prior approval is required under Part 1 Class A… Jun 2026 source
- Permitted Erection of a single story rear infill extension Feb 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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