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

Lea Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Harrowden, Bedford, Bedford (MK42 0TB). It has a recorded floor area of 148 m² (around 1593 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2018) shows an F (score 25), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since November 2012. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Average; while main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 148 m² the property is well over the postcode median (110 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £637,000 is 27.4% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£314/sq ft) was about 21.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold April 2019 for £500,000.