3 Marlborough Road, Luton, LU3 1EF

3 Marlborough Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Luton (LU3 1EF). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2014) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since December 2013. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 95 m² it sits well below the postcode median (166 m² across 28 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs). On the market in March 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 7 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £395,000 is 49.1% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£259/sq ft) was about 71% above the typical sold price in the postcode.