37 Grafton Road, Bedford, MK40 1DH

37 Grafton Road is an eight-bedroom semi-detached house in Bedford (MK40 1DH). It has a recorded floor area of 199 m² (around 2142 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since January 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.

At 199 m² the property is well over the postcode median (141 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 8 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1997–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £420,000 is 13.5% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£173/sq ft) was about 67.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 8 years since the last transfer (March 2018). One planning record on file: HMO conversion refused in 2020.