3 Dawlish Drive, Bedford, MK40 3BB
About 3 Dawlish Drive
3 Dawlish Drive is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bedford (MK40 3BB). It has a recorded floor area of 101 m² (around 1087 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump.
At 101 m² it's 15.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (88 m² median across 10 EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £335,000 is 11.7% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£276/sq ft) was about 132.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold November 2022 for £299,950. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
3 Dawlish Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
3 Dawlish Drive has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£335,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£299,950
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
11 November 2022Most recent
£299,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK40 3BB: £260,000 (2024–2012).
Nearby sales in MK40 3BB
Versus other Dawlish Drive homes
3 Dawlish Drive is notably below the street on co₂ emissions.
Price per m²
£2,970
Street avg £2,200
Floor Area
101 m²
Street avg 92 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.5 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
7/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Dawlish Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
St John Rigby Catholic Primary School. 23 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.5dB







