97 Hitchin Road, Luton, LU2 0EW

97 Hitchin Road is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Luton (LU2 0EW). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (November 2019) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump.

At 85 m² the property is well over the postcode median (48 m² across 35 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 10 years since the last transfer (June 2016). Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2000–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £290,000 is 34.9% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£235/sq ft) was about 49.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.