Riverside Towers, Flat 17, St Marys Street, Bedford, MK42 0AU

Riverside Towers is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bedford (MK42 0AU). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2023) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2010 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). Main heating runs on electricity. At 78 m² this is the 9th smallest of 10 units on EPC record in Riverside Towers, where floor areas span 36–87 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. Other recorded features include a balcony.

At 78 m² it's 20% larger than the typical home in the postcode (65 m² median across 9 EPCs). Across 2000–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £264,000 is 38.9% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£226/sq ft) was about 52.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 11 years since the last transfer (December 2015).