8 Balmoral Avenue, Bedford, MK40 2PT

8 Balmoral Avenue is a five-bedroom detached house in Bedford (MK40 2PT). It has a recorded floor area of 224 m² (around 2411 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a C (score 73). When first surveyed in February 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85).

Sale prices here have outpaced Bedford HPI: 7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£373/sq ft) was about 75.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 224 m² the property is well over the postcode median (154 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 77% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £900,000 in February 2022. Across the public record there are 5 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. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.