LU3 4AS
Last sold £362,500 in March 2018
8, Ames Close, Luton
- Property type
- Detached
- Bedrooms
- 6 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,216 sq ft / 113 sq m
- EPC rating
- D
- Elevation
- About 126m — higher than about 40% of homes in Luton
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Price history in context
- Mar 2018 — £362,500 · +223.7% · 52 pts ahead of the UK market
- Nov 1999 — £112,000
What this home might be worth today
£475,000
Estimate range £451,000–£499,000
+31.0% since March 2018 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid in line with the local norm
vs 57 nearby sales within a year · 6-bed (est.) detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Bramingham Primary School 13-min walk
- Lea Manor High School 14-min walk
- Leagrave station 2.1km
- Great Bramingham Wood 105m
- The coast (coastline) 49.5km
- Lake 3.0km
- Well Head 1.5km
- Canal 15.0km
- River Lea 1.5km
- Public Park 403m
- Playing Field 448m
- Barton Hill Convience Store 267m
- Whitehaven (Opp) 278m
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, 2.1km 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
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,560 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 3% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 33 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 7, Ames Close, Luton £275,000 · 2014
- 17, Ames Close, Luton £319,995 · 2018
- 5, Ames Close, Luton £148,000 · 2001
- 14, Kershaw Close, Luton £385,000 · 2025
- 12, Kershaw Close, Luton £335,000 · 2019
- 20, Ames Close, Luton £220,000 · 2002
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Erection of single storey front and rear extension and alterations to fenestration. Mar 2026 source
- Permitted Erection of rear extension after demolishing existing conservatory Dec 2025 source
- Permitted Erection of first floor side extension, two storey side/rear and single storey rear… Apr 2026 source
- Permitted Erection of a two storey side and single storey front and side extensions Feb 2026 source
- Permitted Certificate of lawfulness of proposed development/use - Erection of single storey side… Oct 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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