1 Acacia Road, Bedford, MK42 0HT

1 Acacia Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Bedford (MK42 0HT). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 988 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2009) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). The latest certificate is from December 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since April 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 92 m² the property is well over the postcode median (68 m² across 37 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2001–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £264,000 sits 87.2% above the 2007 sale of £141,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£143/sq ft) was about 18.8% below the postcode norm.