9 Dearne Villas, Ashburnham Road, Bedford, MK40 1EJ

9 Dearne Villas is a semi-detached house in Bedford (MK40 1EJ). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. At 67 m² this is the 6th smallest of 8 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 41–67 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (53 versus a best of 79). The latest certificate (July 2013) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 55). The latest certificate is from July 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1995–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£238/sq ft) was about 65.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £172,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.