4 Blacksmiths Common, Chalton, Luton, LU4 9UN

4 Blacksmiths Common is a three-bedroom detached house in Chalton, Luton, Luton (LU4 9UN). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

At 87 m² it's 17.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (105 m² median across 4 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1997–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £389,000 sits 55.6% above the 2015 sale of £250,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£267/sq ft) was about 74.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in May 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2005.