1a, Ashburnham Road, Bedford, MK40 1DX

1a is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bedford (MK40 1DX). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft) and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it B (September 2017); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff. At 108 m² this is the 40th smallest of 50 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 23–173 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to B across 50 units on file. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Untraded for 30 years, with the last transfer in May 1996. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 108 m² the property is well over the postcode median (52 m² across 49 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £348,000 sits 98.9% above the 1996 sale of £175,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£151/sq ft) was about 30.4% below the postcode norm.