22 Cowridge Crescent, Luton, LU2 0LP

22 Cowridge Crescent is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Luton (LU2 0LP). It has a recorded floor area of 131 m² (around 1410 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a C (score 74). When first surveyed in September 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility.

It hasn't traded since February 2010, a hold of 16 years that's notably long for the area. At 131 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £440,000 sits 230.8% above the 2010 sale of £133,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£94/sq ft) was about 46.1% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.