98 Castle Hill Road, Totternhoe, Dunstable, LU6 1QG
About 98 Castle Hill Road
98 Castle Hill Road is a two-bedroom detached house in Totternhoe, Dunstable, Dunstable (LU6 1QG). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (August 2018) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 104), a 4-band jump. Other recorded features include notable views and attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Across 2019–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£578/sq ft) was about 110.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2022 at £485,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
- Open-plan layoutYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageYes
- LandYes
- Notable viewsYes
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- TenureFreehold
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
98 Castle Hill Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jul 2024Loft ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension, loft conversion with front dormer, replacement front porch and 3 x rooflights
ExtensionPorch- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- CB/24/01459/FULL
- Apr 2023Loft ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Side and rear of property
Single storey side and rear extensions and loft conversion with dormers to front and rear.
Extension- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- CB/23/00568/FULL
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 98 Castle Hill Road
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£484,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.5% per year over 3 years.
£485,000
Growth on file: 9.5% per year over 3 years.
Sales timeline
2 December 2022Most recent
£485,000
+34.7%over 3 years15 August 2019
£360,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LU6 1QG: £400,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in LU6 1QG
94 Castle Hill Road, Totternhoe, Dunstable, LU6 1QG
Sold Sept 2024
£407,00090 Castle Hill Road, Totternhoe, Dunstable, LU6 1QG
Sold Nov 2023
£400,00080 Castle Hill Road, Totternhoe, Dunstable, LU6 1QG
Sold Jan 2023
£545,00056 Castle Hill Road, Totternhoe, Dunstable, LU6 1QG
Sold Jul 2022
£325,00046 Castle Hill Road, Totternhoe, Dunstable, LU6 1QG
Sold Mar 2022
£325,000
Versus other Castle Hill Road homes
98 Castle Hill Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,218
Street avg £3,947
Floor Area
78 m²
Street avg 105 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.0 t/year
Street avg 4.7 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
Totternhoe Knolls — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Totternhoe Church of England Academy. 7 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB







