22 Collings Wells Close, Caddington, Luton, LU1 4BG

22 Collings Wells Close is a one-bedroom detached house in Caddington, Luton, Luton (LU1 4BG). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (November 2019) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 60). Main heating runs on electricity. At 46 m² this is the 8th smallest of 39 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 31–114 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (40 versus a best of 74).

At 46 m² it sits well below the postcode median (84 m² across 38 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 84% of similar EPCs). Sold March 2022 for £180,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2001–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£364/sq ft) was about 83.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.