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Get started2 Ashburnham Road is a detached house in Bedford (MK40 1DS). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1507 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. At 140 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (23–140 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 24 units on file. The latest certificate (December 2023) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (July 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77).
Today's modelled estimate of £340,000 is 60% below the 2024 sale of £850,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£564/sq ft) was about 142.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 140 m² the property is well over the postcode median (51 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: March 2024 at £850,000. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2004.
2 Ashburnham Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Removal of raised flower bed and extension of hard surface
Latest sale on 2 Ashburnham Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£340,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£850,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
On years held, 2 Ashburnham Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,071
Street avg £3,733
Floor Area
140 m²
Street avg 49 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
7/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Bedford Rail Station — railway station.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.8dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Heating controls changed
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25 March 2024Most recent
£850,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK40 1DS: £165,000 (2023–2017).
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.4 t/year
Street avg 2.1 t/year
MK40 1DH
Closest school
0.3 km
Priory Primary School. 30 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.5dB
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