Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
16 Blenheim Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Shortstown, Bedford, Bedford (MK42 0UY). It has a recorded floor area of 135 m² (around 1455 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The latest certificate (June 2009) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 16 years, with the last transfer in September 2010. At 135 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 10 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. Today's modelled estimate of £332,000 sits 87% above the 2010 sale of £177,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£122/sq ft) was about 37.5% below the postcode norm.
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16 Blenheim Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 25 Jun 2019
Certificate validity
Expired on 25 June 2019
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16 Blenheim Road has no planning applications on record.
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16 Blenheim Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£332,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£177,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
23 September 2010Most recent
£177,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK42 0UY: £295,000 (2025–2022).
10 Blenheim Road, Shortstown, Bedford, MK42 0UY
Sold Dec 2025
2b, Blenheim Road, Shortstown, Bedford, MK42 0UY
Sold Mar 2023
2a, Blenheim Road, Shortstown, Bedford, MK42 0UY
Sold Sept 2022
17 Blenheim Road, Shortstown, Bedford, MK42 0UY
Sold Jul 2022
2 Blenheim Road, Shortstown, Bedford, MK42 0UY
Sold May 2022
16 Blenheim Road outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,313
Street avg £2,885
Floor Area
135 m²
Street avg 88 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.4 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
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Crime
424/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Blenheim Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Shortstown Primary School. 7 schools nearby.
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