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Get started21a is a detached house in Bedford (MK40 3QJ). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. At 70 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (70–235 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to B across 5 units on file. The latest certificate (December 2019) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since November 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, lighting went from Poor to Good and main heating went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Bedford HPI: 7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £184,000 is 13.2% below the 2020 sale of £212,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£281/sq ft) was about 139.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 70 m² it sits well below the postcode median (209 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold October 2020 for £212,000.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
21a has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£184,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.0% per year over 22 years.
£212,000
Growth on file: 7.0% per year over 22 years.
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
Goldington Avenue — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.2dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
More low energy lighting installed
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30 October 2020Most recent
£212,000
+177.1%over 19 years20 July 2001
£76,500
+62.8%over 3 years1 July 1998
£47,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK40 3QJ: £400,000 (2019–2014).
MK40 3UZ
Closest school
0.2 km
Castle Newnham School. 27 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.1dB
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