5 Castle Close, Totternhoe, Dunstable, LU6 1QJ

5 Castle Close is a five-bedroom detached house in Totternhoe, Dunstable, Dunstable (LU6 1QJ). It has a recorded floor area of 127 m² (around 1365 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2011) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 70). The latest certificate is from July 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings. The home occupies a corner plot.

At 127 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £701,000 is 10.4% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£465/sq ft) was about 21.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2020 at £635,000.