14g, Ashburnham Road, Bedford, MK40 1DS

14g is a two-bedroom property in Bedford (MK40 1DS). It has a recorded floor area of 23 m² (around 245 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band A. At 23 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (23–140 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (August 2011) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from August 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since January 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 23 m² it sits well below the postcode median (51 m² across 23 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£542/sq ft) was about 133.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2007.