8 The Crescent, Bedford, MK40 2RU

8 The Crescent is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bedford (MK40 2RU). It has a recorded floor area of 113 m² (around 1216 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (February 2023) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).

Held since February 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced Bedford HPI: 9.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £733,000 sits 72.5% above the 2002 sale of £425,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£349/sq ft) was about 111% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 113 m² the property is well over the postcode median (67 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 22 planning records sit against the property, 21 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.