Flat 1, 228 Hitchin Road, Luton, LU2 0ES

Flat 1 is an end-of-terrace house in Luton (LU2 0ES). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).

Held since August 1995 — that's 31 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. Today's modelled estimate of £158,000 sits 829.4% above the 1995 sale of £17,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£37/sq ft) was about 64.5% below the postcode norm. At 43 m² it's 20.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (54 m² median across 31 EPCs).