164 Hitchin Road, Luton, LU2 0ES

164 Hitchin Road is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Luton (LU2 0ES). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2017) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).

Held since November 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 114 m² the property is well over the postcode median (54 m² across 31 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2001–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 36.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £332,000 sits 121.3% above the 2004 sale of £150,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£122/sq ft) was about 30% above the typical sold price in the postcode.