Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
122 High Street is a five-bedroom detached house in Kempston, Bedford, Bedford (MK42 7BN). It has a recorded floor area of 135 m² (around 1449 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2011) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 48). The latest certificate is from November 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 135 m² the property is well over the postcode median (94 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. Across 2000–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £760,000 is 20.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£435/sq ft) was about 105.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £630,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
122 High Street 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 23 Nov 2021
Certificate validity
Expired on 23 November 2021
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Planning history at 122 High Street is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
2 applications on record at 122 High Street, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 7BN
T1 horse chestnut - 30% crown reduction and clean. T2 horse chestnut - 30% crown reduction and clean
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122 High Street has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2000.
£760,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.6% per year over 21 years.
£630,000
Growth on file: 5.6% per year over 21 years.
5 March 2021Most recent
£630,000
+82.6%over 14 years30 July 2006
£345,000
+68.3%over 5 years24 August 2000
£205,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK42 7BN: £265,000 (2026–2022).
116 High Street, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 7BN
Sold May 2026
114 High Street, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 7BN
Sold Mar 2026
118 High Street, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 7BN
Sold Jan 2026
Flat 2, 106 High Street, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 7BN
Sold Apr 2025
110 High Street, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 7BN
Sold Nov 2022
122 High Street outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,681
Street avg £2,646
Floor Area
135 m²
Street avg 128 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 5.8 t/year
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Crime
424/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Lodge Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Balliol Primary School. 16 schools nearby.
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