LU1 1XW
Last sold £20,000 in November 1996
Startpoint, 48, Downs Road, Luton
- Property type
- Flat
- Bedrooms
- 2 (est.)
- Tenure
- Leasehold
- Floor area
- 667 sq ft / 62 sq m
- EPC rating
- C
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Price history in context
- Nov 1996 — £20,000
What this home is worth today
£98,000
Estimate range £93,000–£103,000
+390.5% since November 1996 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid in line with the local norm
vs 127 nearby sales within a year · 2-bed (est.) flat within 1 km
The life around it
- Farley Junior Academy is 657m away.
- Dallow Primary School is 337m away.
- Luton station is 1.3km away.
- Badgerdell Wood is 1.7km away.
- The coast (coastline) is 44.6km away.
- Wardown Lake is 1.3km away.
- Farley Fish Pond is 1.4km away.
- Canal is 14.9km away.
- River Lea is 974m away.
- Brantwood Park is 281m away.
- Play Area is 328m away.
Broadband
- Gigabit-capable broadband is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.
- Ultrafast broadband (100Mbit/s or more) is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.
- Superfast broadband (30Mbit/s or more) is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.
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, 1.3km 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.
Nearby schools
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Dallow Primary School · primaryOfsted inspected May 2023 (ungraded framework — School remains Good)is 337m away.
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Ofsted inspected Jul 2022 (ungraded framework — School remains Good)is 525m away.
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The Stockwood Park Academy · secondaryOfsted inspected Dec 2024 (no grade recorded)Attainment 8: 36.2 (2023)is 1.1km away.
Crime
Among the highest for England & Wales — 330 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
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Nearby sold homes
- Startpoint, 50, Downs Road, Luton — £82,000 (2007)
- Startpoint, 49, Downs Road, Luton — £70,000 (2004)
- Startpoint, 51, Downs Road, Luton — £72,000 (2002)
- Startpoint, 38, Downs Road, Luton — £140,000 (2025)
- Startpoint, 40, Downs Road, Luton — £100,000 (2007)
- Startpoint, 44, Downs Road, Luton — £65,000 (2015)
Planning activity nearby
- Telecommunications Installation: Removal of 3 existing antennas and 9 RRUs and… — Permitted, Jan 2026 source
- Works to trees in Conservation Area - Fell to ground level (G1) two lime trees — Undecided, Apr 2026 source
- Erection of a single storey side/rear and first floor rear extensions and alterations to… — Undecided, Mar 2026 source
- Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use - Continued use of property as a 7-person HMO,… — Permitted, May 2026 source
- Erection of single storey rear extension. — Permitted, Nov 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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