16 Duncombe Drive, Dunstable, LU5 4QY

16 Duncombe Drive is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Dunstable (LU5 4QY). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 76 m² the property is well over the postcode median (56 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a garage conversion and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £350,000 is 16.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£367/sq ft) was about 105.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £299,950 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.