Flat 4, 256 High Town Road, Luton, LU2 0DN

Flat 4 is a semi-detached house in Luton (LU2 0DN). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since July 2012. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 43 m² this is the 5th smallest of 6 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 38–44 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 6 units on file.

At 43 m² it sits well below the postcode median (89 m² across 35 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: August 2018 at £132,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2000–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £151,000 is 14.4% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£285/sq ft) was about 113% above the typical sold price in the postcode.