1 Arden Place, Luton, LU2 7YE

1 Arden Place is a semi-detached house in Luton (LU2 7YE). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. At 43 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 31 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 41–74 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since September 2010. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 43 m² it's 25.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (58 m² median across 30 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £133,000 is 26.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£227/sq ft) was about 49.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2021 for £105,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.