309 New Bedford Road, Luton, LU3 1NH

309 New Bedford Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Luton (LU3 1NH). It has a recorded floor area of 278 m² (around 2992 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The property has an EV charger on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a loft. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 278 m² the property is well over the postcode median (109 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £720,000 is 48.1% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£162/sq ft) was about 35.9% below the postcode norm. Last changed hands 12 years ago, in July 2014.