7 The Wickets, Luton, LU2 7LA

7 The Wickets is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Luton (LU2 7LA). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 978 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2010) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 61). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from October 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Held since June 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 91 m² it's 22% larger than the typical home in the postcode (75 m² median across 18 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2000–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £303,000 sits 73.1% above the 2007 sale of £175,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£179/sq ft) was about 28.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.