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About 40 Downs Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
40 Downs Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Dunstable (LU5 4DD). It has a recorded floor area of 146 m² (around 1572 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£280/sq ft) was about 39.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 146 m² the property is well over the postcode median (99 m² across 32 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2007. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold October 2022 for £440,000. 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
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
40 Downs Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D57
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
7.7 t/year
Occupancy
Rented
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 40 Downs Road, Dunstable, LU5 4DD, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
40 Downs Road has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
- Sept 2007ExtensionFullGrant Planning Permission
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£445,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.7% per year over 16 years.
Last sold (2022)
£440,000
Growth on file: 3.7% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
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Versus other Downs Road homes
Four headline reads against 28 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
40 Downs Road is notably below the street on co₂ emissions.
Price per m²
£3,014
Street avg £2,968
Floor Area
146 m²
Street avg 107 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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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
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 56 points of interest in total.
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