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

12 The Shires is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Luton (LU2 7QA). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2016) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from July 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 56 m² this is the 8th 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, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (34 versus a best of 81).

It hasn't traded since August 2006, a hold of 20 years that's notably long for the area. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1998–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 15.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £167,000 is 34.7% above the 2006 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£206/sq ft) was about 23.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.