Riverside Towers, Flat 8, St Marys Street, Bedford, MK42 0AU

Riverside Towers is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Bedford (MK42 0AU). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. At 77 m² this is the 8th 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. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (39 versus a best of 66). The latest certificate (July 2022) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot.

Untraded for 20 years, with the last transfer in October 2006. Across 1996–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £224,000 sits 82.1% above the 2006 sale of £123,000. At 77 m² it's 18.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (65 m² median across 9 EPCs).