8 French S Gate, Dunstable, LU6 1BQ
About 8 French S Gate
8 French S Gate is a two-bedroom detached house in Dunstable (LU6 1BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 86).
At 105 m² the property is well over the postcode median (76 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2002–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£385/sq ft) was about 73% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £435,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
8 French S Gate has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
7applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£464,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.4% per year over 19 years.
£435,000
Growth on file: 3.4% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
26 November 2021Most recent
£435,000
+47.5%over 14 years30 August 2007
£295,000
+28.3%over 4 years13 October 2002
£229,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in LU6 1BQ: £350,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in LU6 1BQ
Versus other French S Gate homes
Habitable Rooms for 8 French S Gate runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,143
Street avg £3,373
Floor Area
105 m²
Street avg 87 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.9 t/year
Street avg 2.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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
0.1 km
French's Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
All Saints Academy Dunstable. 22 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.8dB







