122 High Street, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 7BN
About 122 High Street
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 £727,000 is 15.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£435/sq ft) was about 111% 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.
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Before you offer, see what the listing won't tell you, the true value, the red flags and the full history.
Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
122 High Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 23 Nov 2021
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history at 122 High Street is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- Nov 2022Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 & T2 - Crown reduction of up to 1m and formative prune T3 - Row of 3x Conifer trees / hedge to be removed to ground level
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/02160/TCA
- May 2020Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 horse chestnut - 30% crown reduction and clean. T2 horse chestnut - 30% crown reduction and clean
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/00881/TCA
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 122 High Street
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
- Environmental risk flagged
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Sales history & valuation
122 High Street has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2000.
£727,000
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.
Sales timeline
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: £180,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in MK42 7BN
Flat 2, 106 High Street, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 7BN
Sold Apr 2025
£168,000110 High Street, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 7BN
Sold Nov 2022
£680,000Flat 1, 106 High Street, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 7BN
Sold Sept 2022
£180,000Flat 4, 106 High Street, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 7BN
Sold Sept 2022
£175,000Flat 3, 106 High Street, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 7BN
Sold Aug 2022
£180,000
Everything we know about 122 High Street, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
- Environmental risk flagged

Versus other High Street homes
122 High Street outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,681
Street avg £2,471
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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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
6/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.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.2dB