1 Nightingale Court, Waldeck Road, Luton, LU3 1AB

1 Nightingale Court is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Luton (LU3 1AB). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. At 47 m² this is the 9th smallest of 29 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 28–66 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (January 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in September 2007. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1995–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £158,000 is 37.4% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£227/sq ft) was about 38.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.