1 Acacia Villas, Icknield Street, Dunstable, LU6 3AE

1 Acacia Villas is a one-bedroom detached house in Dunstable (LU6 3AE). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2023) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in June 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). At 51 m² this is the 7th smallest of 10 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 30–59 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (60 versus a best of 80).

At 51 m² the property is well over the postcode median (35 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold July 2018 for £167,500. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2004. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2002–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£305/sq ft) was about 96.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.