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Get started3 Dell Farm Cottages is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bidwell, Dunstable, Dunstable (LU5 6JP). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since June 2020. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £315,000 is 21.2% above the 2024 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£483/sq ft) was about 134.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 50 m² it's 19.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (62 m² median across 9 EPCs). Most recent transfer: October 2024 at £260,000.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
3 Dell Farm Cottages has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£315,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.5% per year over 29 years.
£260,000
Growth on file: 7.5% per year over 29 years.
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Floor Area for 3 Dell Farm Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,200
Street avg £4,750
Floor Area
50 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
Heating system changed
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency improved
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
More low energy lighting installed
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18 October 2024Most recent
£260,000
+28.7%over 3 years26 February 2021
£202,000
+146.3%over 21 years30 September 1999
£82,000
+148.5%over 3 years16 February 1996
£33,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LU5 6JP: £205,000 (2024–2015).
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CO₂ Emissions
3.1 t/year
Street avg 6.2 t/year
LU5 6EX
Dunstablians RUFC — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Tithe Farm Primary School. 15 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.3dB