Albany Grove, Flat 1, 4 Hart Hill Lane, Luton, LU2 0AZ

Albany Grove is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Luton (LU2 0AZ). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 732 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 68 m² this is the 4th smallest of 5 units on EPC record in Albany Grove, where floor areas span 32–94 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (75 versus a worst of 61). Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good.

Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in August 1998. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 68 m² it's 20.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (86 m² median across 10 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £236,000 sits 594.1% above the 1998 sale of £34,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£46/sq ft) was about 72.7% below the postcode norm.