42 Ashburnham Court, Ashburnham Road, Bedford, MK40 1DY

42 Ashburnham Court is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Bedford (MK40 1DY). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2023) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in September 2012 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Very Good. At 67 m² this is the 44th smallest of 55 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 43–67 m². The building's EPC ratings span C to B, with this unit at the top.

Held since January 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 67 m² the property is well over the postcode median (50 m² across 54 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £151,000 sits 313.7% above the 2000 sale of £36,500. 7 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.