Woodlands, Green Acres, Lilley, Luton, LU2 8LS

Woodlands is a six-bedroom detached house in Lilley, Luton, Luton (LU2 8LS). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 657 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (December 2024) shows an F (score 23), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (December 2024); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 112), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include notable views, a self-contained annexe and outbuildings.

Untraded for 29 years, with the last transfer in June 1997. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 61 m² it sits well below the postcode median (222 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £1,730,000 sits 264.2% above the 1997 sale of £475,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£723/sq ft) was about 277.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.