Garden Cottage, Common Road, Studham, Dunstable, LU6 2NQ

Garden Cottage is a detached house in Studham, Dunstable, Dunstable (LU6 2NQ). It has a recorded floor area of 259 m² (around 2788 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (August 2014) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since November 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 259 m² the property is well over the postcode median (147 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £1,249,000 sits 149.8% above the 2006 sale of £500,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£179/sq ft) was about 48.3% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and solar panel installation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.