6 Costin Street, Bedford, MK40 1RD

6 Costin Street is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Bedford (MK40 1RD). It has a recorded floor area of 122 m² (around 1313 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2013) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in January 2013 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 122 m² the property is well over the postcode median (73 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count. Last changed hands 12 years ago, in September 2014. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1997–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £208,000 is 24.6% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£127/sq ft) was about 23.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.