2 Ames Close, Luton, LU3 4AS

2 Ames Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Luton (LU3 4AS). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows a C (score 80), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 87). The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

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 78 m² it's 24% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (103 m² median across 20 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. One planning record on file: a garage conversion approved in 2016. Past consents include a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £448,000 is 49.3% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£357/sq ft) was about 75.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.