16 Blenheim Road, Shortstown, Bedford, MK42 0UY

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 £343,000 sits 93.2% above the 2010 sale of £177,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£122/sq ft) was about 33.5% below the postcode norm.