1 The Shires, Old Bedford Road, Luton, LU2 7QA

1 The Shires is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Luton (LU2 7QA). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, main heating went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on electricity. At 60 m² this is the 14th smallest of 42 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 30–73 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B across 42 units on file.

Across 2009–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£259/sq ft) was about 54.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold April 2021 for £167,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.