75b, High Town Road, Luton, LU2 0BW

75b is a mid-terrace house in Luton (LU2 0BW). It has a recorded floor area of 18 m² (around 194 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in September 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 2-band jump.

At 18 m² it sits well below the postcode median (43 m² across 70 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 70% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £176,000 is 37.5% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£661/sq ft) was about 210.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £128,000 in November 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.