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4 sales on record
About 17 Downs Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
17 Downs Road is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Dunstable (LU5 4DD). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (June 2015) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£326/sq ft) was about 63% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 50 m² it sits well below the postcode median (102 m² across 32 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £175,500. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms1
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenrear
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
17 Downs Road's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 01 Jun 2025
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
17 Downs Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£177,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.1% per year over 23 years.
Last sold (2022)
£175,500
Growth on file: 7.1% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
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Versus other Downs Road homes
Four headline reads against 3 similar flats on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Floor Area for 17 Downs Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,510
Street avg £2,761
Floor Area
50 m²
Street avg 65 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
Similar properties nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Borough Road — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around LU5 4DD from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.7dB
Everything within walking distance
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