52 Blackthorn Road, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 5JP

52 Blackthorn Road is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Houghton Regis, Dunstable, Dunstable (LU5 5JP). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a C (score 73). When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and main heating went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85). Other recorded features include a basement.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £337,000 is 14.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£234/sq ft) was about 61.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 117 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 49 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold June 2021 for £295,000. 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. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.