3 Comet Drive, Shortstown, Bedford, MK42 0QX

3 Comet Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Shortstown, Bedford, Bedford (MK42 0QX). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.

Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in September 2008. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 109 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1999–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at -2.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £369,000 sits 80% above the 2008 sale of £205,000. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.