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16 Common Road, Kensworth, Dunstable, LU6 3RG

Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
2
Floor area
108 m²
1163 sq ft
Energy rating
G
Score 19
Council tax
Band F
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 16 Common Road

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

16 Common Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Kensworth, Dunstable, Dunstable (LU6 3RG). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2019) shows a G (score 19), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 61), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a conservatory and a basement. Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since September 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £471,000 sits 262.3% above the 1995 sale of £130,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£112/sq ft) was about 56.9% below the postcode norm.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms3
  • Bathrooms2
  • Dining roomYes
  • Utility roomYes
  • CloakroomYes
  • BasementYes
  • ConservatoryYes
  • FireplaceYes

Building

  • Period featuresYes
Before you decide

Everything you need to know about 16 Common Road

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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

16 Common Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
G19
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Poor
CO2 Emissions
13.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 16 Common Road, Kensworth, Dunstable, LU6 3RG, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

16 Common Road has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

7applications of note in the surrounding area

Before you offer

We flagged 2 things worth checking at 16 Common Road

Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

16 Common Road's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1995).

Current estimate

£471,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (1995)

£130,000

Recorded with HM Land Registry.

Sales timeline

  1. 20 September 1995Most recent

    £130,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in LU6 3RG: £630,000 (2025–2021).

On the street

Versus other Common Road homes

Four headline reads against 40 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

16 Common Road outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£1,204

Street avg £3,658

Strongly below

Floor Area

108 m²

Street avg 121 m²

On par

Habitable Rooms

6 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Above

CO₂ Emissions

13.0 t/year

Street avg 5.5 t/year

Strongly below
Before you decide

Everything you need to know about 16 Common Road

The true value, the hidden risks and the full sale history, in one report.

Signs of HMO activity in the areaLarger development activity nearby
£14.99one-off

30-day money-back guarantee

Preview of the full property report

The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Dunstable district page.

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

0.1 km

Ridgeway — bus stop.

Closest school

0.3 km

Kensworth Church of England Academy. 5 schools nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around LU6 3RG from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for LU6 3RG

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

44.7dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for LU6 3RG

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

37.1dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about 16 Common Road, Kensworth, Dunstable, LU6 3RG. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.