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Get started5 Bower Street is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bedford (MK40 3RD). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Bedford HPI: 5.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£414/sq ft) was about 116.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: October 2023 at £325,000.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
5 Bower Street has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension.
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 2000.
£336,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.9% per year over 23 years.
£325,000
Growth on file: 5.9% per year over 23 years.
5 Bower Street outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,452
Street avg £3,077
Floor Area
73 m²
Street avg 90 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
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
Howbury Street — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.6dB

Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension.
13 October 2023Most recent
£325,000
+124.1%over 20 years25 July 2003
£145,000
+68.6%over 3 years14 June 2000
£86,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK40 3RD: £357,000 (2024–2022).
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.0 t/year
Street avg 5.0 t/year
MK40 3UR
Closest school
0.4 km
Castle Newnham School. 28 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.9dB
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