Flat 1, 117 Midland Road, Bedford, MK40 1DA

Flat 1 is a detached house in Bedford (MK40 1DA). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 527 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2023 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in September 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff. At 49 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 3 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 39–68 m². On EPC score it ranks last in the building (69 versus a best of 72).

Today's modelled estimate of £148,000 is 85.2% below the 2022 sale of £1,000,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,896/sq ft) was about 335.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 49 m² it sits well below the postcode median (81 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). Sold September 2022 for £1,000,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.