20 Brightwell Avenue, Totternhoe, Dunstable, LU6 1QT
About 20 Brightwell Avenue
20 Brightwell Avenue is a detached house in Totternhoe, Dunstable, Dunstable (LU6 1QT). It has a recorded floor area of 154 m² (around 1658 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81).
It hasn't traded since February 1996, a hold of 30 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £621,000 sits 421.8% above the 1996 sale of £119,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£72/sq ft) was about 75.4% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 82% of similar EPCs).
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Aug 2020ConservatoryFullIn report
Proposed replacement of Conservatory roof to light weight tiled roof.
Extension- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- CB/20/01878/FULL
- May 2005ConservatoryFullIn report
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING REAR EXTENSION AND ERECTION OF REAR CONSERVATORY - CONDITION 3 OF PLANNING CONSENT SB/TP/05/0374 (OBSCURED GLAZING REQUIREMENT)
Extension- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- SB/05/00374/FULL
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 20 Brightwell Avenue was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£621,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£119,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
16 February 1996Most recent
£119,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LU6 1QT: £590,000 (2024–2019).
Nearby sales in LU6 1QT
2 Brightwell Avenue, Totternhoe, Dunstable, LU6 1QT
Sold Jul 2024
£629,00011 Brightwell Avenue, Totternhoe, Dunstable, LU6 1QT
Sold Aug 2022
£590,00019 Brightwell Avenue, Totternhoe, Dunstable, LU6 1QT
Sold Jul 2022
£585,00014 Brightwell Avenue, Totternhoe, Dunstable, LU6 1QT
Sold Aug 2021
£600,0005 Brightwell Avenue, Totternhoe, Dunstable, LU6 1QT
Sold Nov 2019
£495,000
Versus other Brightwell Avenue homes
On price per m², 20 Brightwell Avenue runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£773
Street avg £4,056
Floor Area
154 m²
Street avg 146 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.2 t/year
Street avg 7.7 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
0.3 km
Dunstable Cricket Club — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Totternhoe Church of England Academy. 14 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.3dB







