5, Skylark Vale, Mercia Lane, LU1 4GN

Every official record for this address, in one dossier.

5, Skylark Vale, Mercia Lane, in LU1, is a leasehold flat / maisonette on Mercia Lane. It last sold for £551,000 in 2024, its only sale in HM Land Registry's records.

What this home is

The physical record — from its EPC assessments, HM Land Registry and the VOA.

Property type
Flat / maisonette
Tenure
Leasehold

EPC data © Crown copyright; bedrooms are the register's estimate, not a survey. Tenure from HM Land Registry.

What is it worth now?

An indicative projection from its own sale record — the report's valuation prices it against individual comparable sales.

Indicatively £421,000£499,000 today, projected from its 2024 sale.

Indicative value
£421,000£499,000
Carrying the 2024 sale forward with LU1's market movement (×0.84). It can't see condition or improvements.
Last sold (2024)
£551,000
District median movement since: ×0.84.
Sold 2024 · £551k£499k£421k2026

From the 2024 sale, the indicative range widens as time passes — the cone is that growing uncertainty, not a forecast.

LU1 £/m² (recent sales)£3,500
The local market
Official house price index (UK HPI)

Across Central Bedfordshire, the official average home value is £358,992+4% in a year, +19% over five.

Detached£615,207
Semi-detached£380,082
Terraced£301,500
Flat / maisonette£174,411

Covers the whole Central Bedfordshire area, not this postcode.

£5 report
The precise, comparables-based valuation

A point estimate with likely and wide ranges, built from individual comparable sales nearby — each listed with address, date, size and adjusted price.

See everything inside
Comparable sales analysed
Model confidence
Point estimate
Likely range (p50) & wide range (p80)
vs the wider area (£/m² percentile)
Every comparable — address, date, size, sold & adjusted price

You're seeing the shape of it — the report has the substance.

Unlock with the £5 report
Instant · £5 once · no account needed

Indicative range projected from HM Land Registry sold prices; not a formal valuation, survey or appraisal.

Everything on 5, Skylark Vale, Mercia Lane, unlocked

The valuation with its comparables, every application and document trail, tenure & title, the ten score workings — the full dossier for this one address.

Instant · one-off for this address · no account needed for the £5 report

Sale history

Every transaction HM Land Registry records for 5, Skylark Vale, Mercia Lane, newest first.

1 recorded sale since 2024.

£100k£200k£300k£400k£500k200820122016202020242026£255kSold 2024: £551,000£551k
£100k£200k£300k£400k£500k201520212026£255kSold 2024: £551,000£551k
LU1 yearly medianThis home's recorded sales

This home's recorded sales joined up, with the change between each — against LU1's yearly median.

30 Jul 2024Most recent
£551,000
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · New build

HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; sales before 1995 are not in the public dataset.

The neighbourhood

Who lives here and how the area ranks — the Central Bedfordshire 033A neighbourhood, from the Census and the Indices of Deprivation.

IMD decile 5/10mid-range for England; household income about 8% above the national average; shared/rented housing low.

5/10Mid-range for England
1 · most deprived10 · least deprived

In plain terms: crime score well, but a weaker education & skills.

Breakdown by domain
Income5/10
Employment5/10
Education & skills3/10
Health6/10
Crime7/10
Housing & access4/10
Living environment5/10

ONS Census 2021 and the English Indices of Deprivation, at neighbourhood (LSOA/MSOA) level — the immediate pocket, not the whole postcode district.

The street and the area

Where 5, Skylark Vale, Mercia Lane sits in its local market.

LU1 median
£275,000
last 8 years
LU1 £/m²
£3,500
last 8 years

5, Skylark Vale, Mercia Lane: quick answers

From HM Land Registry, EPC, VOA, Police.uk, DfE and Environment Agency records.

When did 5, Skylark Vale, Mercia Lane last sell, and for how much?

5, Skylark Vale, Mercia Lane last sold for £551,000 on 30 Jul 2024, according to HM Land Registry.

How many times has 5, Skylark Vale, Mercia Lane been sold?

HM Land Registry records 1 sale for 5, Skylark Vale, Mercia Lane. Sales before 1995 are not in the public dataset.

What is 5, Skylark Vale, Mercia Lane worth today?

Carrying its 2024 sale price forward with LU1's market movement suggests roughly £421,000–£499,000 as of 2026. This is indicative only — the full report values it against individual comparable sales.

Other homes at LU1 4GN

Recorded sales for the other addresses sharing this postcode on Mercia Lane.

HM Land Registry last recorded sale per address; unsold homes show no price.

Buying or selling 5, Skylark Vale, Mercia Lane?

The full £5 report opens every locked panel in this dossier — a precise comparables-based valuation, the itemised EPC, planning activity, school results and admissions odds, forward-looking flood risk, a negotiation read and a viewing checklist, for this exact home.

The data behind this dossier
HM Land RegistryEPC RegisterValuation Office AgencyPolice.ukDfE & OfstedEnvironment AgencyDEFRAUKHSA & BGSCoal AuthorityOfcomNaPTANOpenStreetMap

Contains public-sector data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 where applicable. Amenity data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Sales before 1995 are not in the public dataset. Figures describe recorded data and are not a survey or valuation of this home; the indicative range is a projection, not an appraisal. marks detail included in the £5 report.