Guildhalls, Flat 5, 43 Ashburnham Road, Bedford, MK40 1DX

Guildhalls is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Bedford (MK40 1DX). It has a recorded floor area of 34 m² (around 366 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 34 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 8 units on EPC record in Guildhalls, where floor areas span 30–62 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows a C (score 73). Earlier certificates rated it B (June 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good.

At 34 m² it sits well below the postcode median (55 m² across 49 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 6 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, change of use to residential and subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2008–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£445/sq ft) was about 117% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold April 2022 for £163,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.