1 Chertsey Close, Luton, LU2 9JD

1 Chertsey Close is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Luton (LU2 9JD). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2021) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in February 2011 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. At 55 m² this is the 11th smallest of 46 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 24–130 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B, with this unit at the top.

Held since March 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 55 m² it sits well below the postcode median (96 m² across 45 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £172,000 sits 53.6% above the 2005 sale of £112,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£189/sq ft) was about 21.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.