9 Howard Place, Dunstable, LU5 4AA

9 Howard Place is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Dunstable (LU5 4AA). It has a recorded floor area of 127 m² (around 1367 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in January 2020 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£349/sq ft) was about 63.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 127 m² the property is well over the postcode median (87 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 77% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £477,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.