1 Row Beech Cottages, Watling Street, Kensworth, Dunstable, LU6 3QT

1 Row Beech Cottages is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Kensworth, Dunstable, Dunstable (LU6 3QT). It has a recorded floor area of 238 m² (around 2562 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2019) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in December 2019 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Held since July 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 238 m² the property is well over the postcode median (76 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). Across 1995–1997, sale prices on this property compounded at -20.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £631,000 sits 531% above the 1997 sale of £100,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£39/sq ft) was about 75.1% below the postcode norm.