194 High Town Road, Luton, LU2 0DN

194 High Town Road is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Luton (LU2 0DN). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 732 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2018) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal.

Held since July 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 68 m² it's 23.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (89 m² median across 35 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1996–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 16% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £255,000 sits 86.1% above the 2007 sale of £137,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£187/sq ft) was about 34.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.