24 Gregories Close, Luton, LU3 1DL

24 Gregories Close is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Luton (LU3 1DL). It has a recorded floor area of 39 m² (around 420 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in April 2010 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 39 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 20 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 38–187 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom.

At 39 m² it's 15.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (46 m² median across 19 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 84% of similar EPCs). Across 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£303/sq ft) was about 64.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Last sale on file: £127,000 in September 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.