8 Townsend Cottages, Great Horwood, Milton Keynes, MK17 0QF
EPC B
About 8 Townsend Cottages
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
8 Townsend Cottages is a semi-detached house in Great Horwood, Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes (MK17 0QF). It has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (around 441 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2025) returns a B (score 83), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in August 2014 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 41 m² it sits well below the postcode median (70 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs).
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
For a compact home of this size, this rating sits in the top tier locally.
Current Certificate(1 of 2)
Jan 2025
EPC Rating
A
B
B83
C
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Electric
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
2.7 t/year
Occupancy
Rented
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 8 Townsend Cottages, Great Horwood, Milton Keynes, MK17 0QF, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
8 Townsend Cottages has no planning applications on record.
The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
8 Townsend Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£185,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
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Versus the street
Four headline reads against 12 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
8 Townsend Cottages outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
83 (B)
Street avg 60 (D)
Floor Area
41 m²
Street avg 65 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.7 t/year
Street avg 2.6 t/year
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Milton Keynes district page.
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
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around MK17 0QF from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.8dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 18 points of interest in total.
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