158 Common Road, Kensworth, Dunstable, LU6 2PH

158 Common Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Kensworth, Dunstable, Dunstable (LU6 2PH). It has a recorded floor area of 148 m² (around 1593 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2019) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in September 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82).

At 148 m² the property is well over the postcode median (89 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2012–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £674,000 is 34.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£314/sq ft) was about 17.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold February 2021 for £500,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.