3 Alfriston Close, Luton, LU2 8QZ

3 Alfriston Close is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Luton (LU2 8QZ). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2015) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2014. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 96 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2005–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £301,000 is 32.6% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£220/sq ft) was about 26% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in October 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years.