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Get started2 Dell Farm Cottages is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bidwell, Dunstable, Dunstable (LU5 6JP). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2019) shows an F (score 31), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it C (December 2008); the latest reading is 3 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 63), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on bottled lpg. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. The home occupies a corner plot.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £316,000 sits 54.9% above the 2020 sale of £204,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£403/sq ft) was about 113.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: January 2020 at £204,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 47 m² it's 24.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (62 m² median across 9 EPCs).
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Price for 2 Dell Farm Cottages has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£316,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.1% per year over 24 years.
£204,000
Growth on file: 6.1% per year over 24 years.
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Floor Area for 2 Dell Farm Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,340
Street avg £4,894
Floor Area
47 m²
Street avg 98 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.1dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Fuel source changed
Hot water efficiency decreased
More low energy lighting installed
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31 January 2020Most recent
£204,000
+56.9%over 6 years30 May 2013
£130,000
+18.2%over 9 years16 June 2003
£110,000
+122.2%over 7 years9 February 1996
£49,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in LU5 6JP: £260,000 (2024–2016).
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CO₂ Emissions
2.7 t/year
Street avg 6.2 t/year
LU5 6BH
Dunstablians RUFC — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Tithe Farm Primary School. 15 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.3dB