5 is a semi-detached house in Battlesden, Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes (MK17 9HW). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1119 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2024) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in December 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 104 m² it's 19.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (130 m² median across 4 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs).
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5's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
5 has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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5 has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£542,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
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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What we flagged
5 outperforms the street on co₂ emissions by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
55 (D)
Street avg 33 (F)
Floor Area
104 m²
Street avg 208 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.1 t/year
Street avg 13.4 t/year
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
1.4 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.1dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
More low energy lighting installed
Median price across the last 1 sales in MK17 9HW: £1,100,000 (1997–1997).

Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
MK17 9GR
Mags Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.9 km
Hockliffe Lower School. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.3dB