78 Common Road, Kensworth, Dunstable, LU6 3RG
About 78 Common Road
78 Common Road is a detached house in Kensworth, Dunstable, Dunstable (LU6 3RG). It has a recorded floor area of 180 m² (around 1938 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).
At 180 m² the property is well over the postcode median (109 m² across 40 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £867,000 is 14.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£392/sq ft) was about 53.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £760,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Energy performance
78 Common Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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Planning history
78 Common Road has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
- Sept 2021ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Proposed first floor side extension and covered patio
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- CB/21/03345/FULL
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£867,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£760,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
31 March 2021Most recent
£760,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LU6 3RG: £630,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in LU6 3RG
130 Common Road, Kensworth, Dunstable, LU6 3RG
Sold Aug 2025
£375,0008 Common Road, Kensworth, Dunstable, LU6 3RG
Sold Jan 2025
£630,000144 Common Road, Kensworth, Dunstable, LU6 3RG
Sold Oct 2024
£400,00032 Common Road, Kensworth, Dunstable, LU6 3RG
Sold Nov 2022
£875,0002 Common Road, Kensworth, Dunstable, LU6 3RG
Sold Apr 2021
£825,000
Versus other Common Road homes
On co₂ emissions, 78 Common Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,222
Street avg £3,533
Floor Area
180 m²
Street avg 119 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.8 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.1dB