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About 68 Downs Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
68 Downs Road is a semi-detached house in Dunstable (LU5 4DE). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2014) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 25 years, with the last transfer in October 2001. Today's modelled estimate of £361,000 sits 200.8% above the 2001 sale of £120,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£134/sq ft) was about 31.7% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 83 m² it's 17% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (100 m² median across 14 EPCs).
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 01 Mar 2024
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 68 Downs Road, Dunstable, LU5 4DE, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
68 Downs Road has an approved single-storey side and rear extension on the planning record.
- Dec 2016ExtensionFullGranted
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Single storey rear & side extension
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
68 Downs Road's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2001).
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£361,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (2001)
£120,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
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Versus other Downs Road homes
Four headline reads against 14 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On price per m², 68 Downs Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,446
Street avg £3,014
Floor Area
83 m²
Street avg 112 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Similar properties nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Dunstable district page.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around LU5 4DE from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.9dB
Everything within walking distance
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