15 Barton Road, Bedford, MK42 0NA
About 15 Barton Road
15 Barton Road is a semi-detached house in Bedford (MK42 0NA). It has a recorded floor area of 163 m² (around 1755 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since June 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).
At 163 m² the property is well over the postcode median (72 m² across 48 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2009–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 11% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£234/sq ft) was about 87.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £410,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
15 Barton Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency improved
Window efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
Council records include a two-storey rear extension at 15 Barton Road.
- Apr 2016ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Two storey rear extension.
- Agent
- Studio 7
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/02460/FUL
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 15 Barton Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£389,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 11.0% per year over 13 years.
£410,000
Growth on file: 11.0% per year over 13 years.
Sales timeline
18 March 2022Most recent
£410,000
+272.7%over 12 years26 August 2009
£110,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK42 0NA: £227,000 (2023–2015).
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Barton Road homes
15 Barton Road outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,515
Street avg £1,515
Floor Area
163 m²
Street avg 77 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.0 t/year
Street avg 2.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Collins Place — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
King's Oak Primary School. 15 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
46.2dB