2 Townsend Cottages is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Great Horwood, Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes (MK17 0QF). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2016) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 95), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from March 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced Milton Keynes HPI: 4.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £308,000 is 40% above the 2016 sale price. At 83 m² the property is well over the postcode median (56 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On the market in July 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 09 Mar 2026
2 Townsend Cottages has no planning applications on record.
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2 Townsend Cottages valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£308,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.9% per year over 13 years.
£220,000
Growth on file: 4.9% per year over 13 years.
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On price per m², 2 Townsend Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,651
Street avg £4,180
Floor Area
83 m²
Street avg 61 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.8dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
1 July 2016Most recent
£220,000
+33.3%over 9 years16 February 2007
£165,000
+26.9%over 2 years2 April 2004
£130,000
+11.1%over 10 months19 May 2003
£117,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK17 0QF: £248,500 (2025–2008).

CO₂ Emissions
2.9 t/year
Street avg 2.6 t/year
MK17 0JX
Townsend Cottages — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Great Horwood Church of England School. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.9dB