27 Alpine Terrace, Stockwood Crescent, Luton, LU1 3SS

27 Alpine Terrace is a mid-terrace house in Luton (LU1 3SS). It has a recorded floor area of 33 m² (around 355 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2024) shows an F (score 21), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (September 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 63), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 33 m² this is the 13th smallest of 27 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 19–152 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 27 units on file.

Held since December 2002 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 33 m² it's 17.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (40 m² median across 98 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2002–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 34.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £122,000 sits 130.2% above the 2002 sale of £53,000.