5 Prebend Street, Bedford, MK40 1QN

5 Prebend Street is an end-of-terrace house in Bedford (MK40 1QN). It has a recorded floor area of 14 m² (around 151 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. At 14 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (14–194 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 16 units on file. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since May 2011 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 14 m² it sits well below the postcode median (83 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,626/sq ft) was about 1502.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.