Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
3 Blackbird Close is a detached house in Wixams, Bedford, Bedford (MK42 6FH). It has a recorded floor area of 219 m² (around 2357 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2019. The latest certificate (September 2022) returns a high B (score 87), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 92).
At 219 m² the property is well over the postcode median (143 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £699,995. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Achieving this rating across a home of this size is uncommon — larger homes typically score lower.
Certificate validity
Valid until 15 September 2032
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3 Blackbird Close has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£746,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£699,995
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
8 September 2022Most recent
£699,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK42 6FH: £674,995 (2026–2022).
1 Blackbird Close, Wixams, Bedford, MK42 6FH
Sold May 2026
8 Blackbird Close, Wixams, Bedford, MK42 6FH
Sold Mar 2025
2 Blackbird Close, Wixams, Bedford, MK42 6FH
Sold Dec 2024
10 Blackbird Close, Wixams, Bedford, MK42 6FH
Sold Jan 2023
6 Blackbird Close, Wixams, Bedford, MK42 6FH
Sold Dec 2022
Floor Area for 3 Blackbird Close runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,196
Street avg £3,554
Floor Area
219 m²
Street avg 172 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.6 t/year
Street avg 2.2 t/year
Years Held
4 years
Street avg 3 years
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
424/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.8 km
Duck End Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Wixams Academy. 6 schools nearby.
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Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB