7 Dean Street, Bedford, MK40 3EQ

7 Dean Street is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Bedford (MK40 3EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 926 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since September 2011. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Held since June 1996 — that's 30 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. At 86 m² it's 19.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (72 m² median across 5 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £268,000 sits 951% above the 1996 sale of £25,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£28/sq ft) was about 82% below the postcode norm.