3 Grove Road, Dunstable, LU5 4BY

3 Grove Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Dunstable (LU5 4BY). It has a recorded floor area of 147 m² (around 1582 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2019) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in January 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £628,000 sits 53.2% above the 2011 sale of £410,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£259/sq ft) was about 21.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 147 m² the property is well over the postcode median (85 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in August 2011 and unlisted since — roughly 15 years.