5 Chequer Street, Luton, LU1 3DW

5 Chequer Street is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Luton (LU1 3DW). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump.

Held since October 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 54 m² the property is well over the postcode median (41 m² across 39 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 14% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £216,000 sits 60% above the 2007 sale of £135,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£232/sq ft) was about 70.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.