55 New Bedford Road, Luton, LU3 1DH

55 New Bedford Road is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Luton (LU3 1DH). It has a recorded floor area of 143 m² (around 1539 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2016) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since July 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 143 m² the property is well over the postcode median (101 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2000–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £316,000 sits 85.9% above the 2007 sale of £170,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£110/sq ft) was about 15.1% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: HMO conversion approved in 2017. Past consents include HMO conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.