3 Elderberry Close, Luton, LU2 8JD

3 Elderberry Close is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Luton (LU2 8JD). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 733 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2010) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 53). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from February 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 68 m² this is the 40th smallest of 41 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 30–81 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (35 versus a best of 77).

It hasn't traded since September 2006, a hold of 20 years that's notably long for the area. At 68 m² it's 22.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (56 m² median across 40 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1999–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 15.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £151,000 is 34.8% above the 2006 sale price.