120 New Bedford Road, Luton, LU3 1DF

120 New Bedford Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Luton (LU3 1DF). It has a recorded floor area of 127 m² (around 1367 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since April 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a balcony.

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in June 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 127 m² the property is well over the postcode median (65 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £342,000 sits 62.9% above the 2007 sale of £210,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£154/sq ft) was about 65.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: subdivision approved in 2011. Past consents include subdivision and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.