24 Heron Quay, Bedford, MK40 1TH

24 Heron Quay is a two-bedroom detached house in Bedford (MK40 1TH). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2025) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in July 2009 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. At 69 m² this is the 45th smallest of 49 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 42–95 m². The building's EPC ratings span C to B, with this unit at the top.

Held since December 2000 — that's 25 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 69 m² it's 23.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (56 m² median across 48 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £181,000 sits 129.3% above the 2000 sale of £78,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£106/sq ft) was about 49% below the postcode norm.