25a, Ashburnham Road, Bedford, MK40 1DX

25a is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Bedford (MK40 1DX). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in September 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. 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. At 60 m² this is the 29th 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.

Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in February 2008. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 60 m² it's 15.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (52 m² median across 49 EPCs). Across 2001–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 15.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £140,000 is 48.9% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£146/sq ft) was about 33.4% below the postcode norm.