1 Dawlish Drive, Bedford, MK40 3BB

1 Dawlish Drive is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Bedford (MK40 3BB). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1119 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2014 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.

Held since July 1999 — that's 27 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. Today's modelled estimate of £355,000 sits 367.1% above the 1999 sale of £76,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£68/sq ft) was about 57.7% below the postcode norm. At 104 m² it's 18.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (88 m² median across 10 EPCs).