Flat 1, 18 Cornwall Road, Bedford, MK40 3DH

Flat 1 is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Bedford (MK40 3DH). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. At 57 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 5 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 26–64 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (54 versus a best of 75). The latest certificate (December 2018) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump.

At 57 m² it's 29.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (44 m² median across 31 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 2019–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£310/sq ft) was about 70.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £190,000 in December 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.