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Blacksmiths Common, LU4

Sold prices, £/m² and street profile from HM Land Registry records.

Median sold price
£202,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£3,208
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
14
Distinct homes
7
Price range
£122,500£440,000
Sales recorded
2001 → 2025
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Blacksmiths Common is a street almost entirely of detached houses. Homes here typically change hands around £202,000 — roughly 27% below the LU4 norm. On floor area that works out near £3,208 per square metre, below the district's £3,500. Recent sales are too thin to call a trend for the street itself; LU4 prices as a whole have held broadly level. The record shows 14 sales across 7 homes since 2001.

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Blacksmiths Common prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 14 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianLU4 district trend
£100k£200k£300k£400k£500k200520102015202020252001: £127,000 median · 3 sales2002: £175,000 median · 1 sale2004: £166,500 median · 2 sales2005: £219,000 median · 1 sale2008: £185,000 median · 1 sale2014: £225,000 median · 1 sale2015: £271,000 median · 2 sales2021: £364,500 median · 2 sales2025: £440,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the LU4 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Blacksmiths Common compares

Blacksmiths Common against the LU4 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Oakley Road£363k · 41
Eldon Road£296k · 40
Poynters Road£290k · 45
Butely Road£284k · 38
Dunstable Road£262k · 60
Beechwood Road£255k · 60
Vincent Road£254k · 40
Blacksmiths Common£202k · 14*
Laporte Way£165k · 55

Median sold price and sale count over the last 8years for the district's busiest streets. *This street's figures cover all recorded sales (fewer than 3 in the last 8 years).

This street
£202,000
median · all recorded sales
LU4 district
£276,250
median · last 8 years · street -27%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Blacksmiths Common's £202,000 median sits about 27% below LU4's £276,250; on floor space it runs £3,208/m² against the district's £3,500/m² (-8%).

Street and LU4 figures are medians of HM Land Registry sales; the England figures are the UK House Price Index mix-adjusted average — a different basis, so compare direction rather than levels between the two.

Every recorded sale on Blacksmiths Common

Individual transactions as recorded by HM Land Registry, newest first.

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
1 Aug 20255 · LU4 9UNDetached£440,000
9 Jun 20218 · LU4 9UNDetached£358,000
4 Jun 20213 · LU4 9UNDetached£371,000
26 Feb 20213 · LU4 9UNnon-standardDetached£365,000
23 Oct 20153 · LU4 9UNDetached£292,000
15 May 20154 · LU4 9UNDetached£250,000
26 Sept 20147 · LU4 9UNDetached£225,000
19 Dec 20089 · LU4 9UNDetached£185,000
18 Jul 20053 · LU4 9UNDetached£219,000
9 Jun 20049 · LU4 9UNDetached£163,000
23 Jan 20048 · LU4 9UNDetached£170,000
28 Jun 20023 · LU4 9UNDetached£175,000
15 Jun 20014 · LU4 9UNDetached£122,500
25 May 20016 · LU4 9UNDetached£127,000
23 Mar 20015 · LU4 9UNDetachedYes£168,000

Sales marked non-standardare Land Registry “additional price paid” entries — bulk purchases, repossessions, right-to-buy and similar transfers. They're listed for completeness but excluded from every median and comparison figure on this page.

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More streets in LU4

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider LU4 area guide.

Dunstable RoadBeechwood RoadMorgan CloseRodeheathConnaught RoadCoverdalePoynters RoadColtsfoot GreenSelbourne RoadSwan MeadOakley RoadButely Road
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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, including the UK House Price Index. EPC data © Crown copyright. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures summarise recorded sales on the street and are not a valuation of any individual home.