25e, Ashburnham Road, Bedford, MK40 1DX

25e is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Bedford (MK40 1DX). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (August 2024) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (March 2011); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). Main heating runs on electricity. At 40 m² this is the 20th 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 19 years, with the last transfer in January 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 40 m² it's 27.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (55 m² median across 49 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 84% of similar EPCs). Across 2005–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £118,000 is 37.2% above the 2007 sale price.