Interlude Cottage, Old Harrowden Road, Harrowden, Bedford, MK42 0TB

Interlude Cottage is a mid-terrace house in Harrowden, Bedford, Bedford (MK42 0TB). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2024) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since June 2014. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 97), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 54 m² it sits well below the postcode median (110 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2016–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £231,000 is 43% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£278/sq ft) was about 18% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold January 2020 for £161,500.