52a, Princess Street, Luton, LU1 5AT

52a is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Luton (LU1 5AT). It has a recorded floor area of 34 m² (around 366 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows a G (score 10), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to E (score 53), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. At 34 m² this is the 16th smallest of 78 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 14–151 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (10 versus a best of 85). Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 34 m² it's 22.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (44 m² median across 77 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2002–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £134,000 is 15% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£318/sq ft) was about 50.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £116,500 in May 2019. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2019.