9 Comet Drive, Shortstown, Bedford, MK42 0QX
About 9 Comet Drive
9 Comet Drive is a detached house in Shortstown, Bedford, Bedford (MK42 0QX). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2017) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77).
At 114 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: January 2021 at £340,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £398,000 is 17.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£277/sq ft) was about 65.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Certificate validity
Valid until 24 July 2027
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Planning history
9 Comet Drive has an approved extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 9 Comet Drive, Shortstown, Bedford, MK42 0QX
- Apr 2015ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Single storey front / side extension and single storey rear extension
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 15/00340/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1999.
£398,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.3% per year over 21 years.
£340,000
Growth on file: 6.3% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
14 January 2021Most recent
£340,000
+3.8%over 2 years4 June 2018
£327,500
+92.6%over 13 years27 June 2004
£170,000
+65.0%over 3 years24 November 2000
£103,000
+10.8%over 12 months26 November 1999
£93,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK42 0QX: £300,000 (2026–2019).
Nearby sales in MK42 0QX
13 Comet Drive, Shortstown, Bedford, MK42 0QX
Sold Jan 2026
£390,00015 Comet Drive, Shortstown, Bedford, MK42 0QX
Sold Jul 2025
£387,00027 Comet Drive, Shortstown, Bedford, MK42 0QX
Sold Nov 2024
£300,00011 Comet Drive, Shortstown, Bedford, MK42 0QX
Sold Nov 2019
£282,00019 Comet Drive, Shortstown, Bedford, MK42 0QX
Sold Jun 2016
£172,000
Versus other Comet Drive homes
On epc rating, 9 Comet Drive runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,982
Street avg £2,691
Floor Area
114 m²
Street avg 79 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.5 t/year
Street avg 3.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
424/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Brancker Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Shortstown Primary School. 7 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

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