15 Matlock Crescent, Luton, LU4 0BP

15 Matlock Crescent is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Luton (LU4 0BP). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2013) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Last sale on file: £212,000 in March 2020. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 69 m² it's 16% larger than the typical home in the postcode (60 m² median across 16 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Across 2000–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £289,000 is 36.3% above the 2020 sale price.