52a, High Town Road, Luton, LU2 0DF

52a is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Luton (LU2 0DF). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 85 m² this is the 8th smallest of 9 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 32–85 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).

Held since June 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 85 m² the property is well over the postcode median (44 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £224,000 sits 1393.3% above the 1997 sale of £15,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£16/sq ft) was about 88.5% below the postcode norm.