5 Armitage Gardens, Luton, LU4 8RD

5 Armitage Gardens is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Luton (LU4 8RD). It has a recorded floor area of 183 m² (around 1970 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2016) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in October 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).

Held since March 2011 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 183 m² the property is well over the postcode median (99 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £409,000 sits 137.8% above the 2011 sale of £172,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£87/sq ft) was about 43.1% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2012. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.