30 Highfield Road, Luton, LU4 8AZ

30 Highfield Road is a five-bedroom mid-terrace house in Luton (LU4 8AZ). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a loft. Period features are noted in the property record. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility.

Sold November 2022 for £375,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £431,000 is 14.9% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£355/sq ft) was about 188.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.