Flat 3, 5 Woburn Road, Bedford, MK40 1EG

Flat 3 is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Bedford (MK40 1EG). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 47 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 5 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 42–201 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (February 2023) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in October 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77).

At 47 m² it sits well below the postcode median (68 m² across 31 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £117,000 in February 2021. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £138,000 is 17.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£231/sq ft) was about 70.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.