5 Arundel Road, Luton, LU4 8DY

5 Arundel Road is a seven-bedroom detached house in Luton (LU4 8DY). It has a recorded floor area of 153 m² (around 1647 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2016) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since August 2013. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77).

At 153 m² the property is well over the postcode median (108 m² across 40 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £558,000 is 26% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£269/sq ft) was about 78.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £443,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.