17 Burr Close, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 7FF

17 Burr Close is a two-bedroom detached house in Kempston, Bedford, Bedford (MK42 7FF). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band B. At 64 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 52 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 47–195 m². The building's EPC ratings span C to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since May 2011. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good.

At 64 m² it sits well below the postcode median (101 m² across 51 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £260,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2011–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£377/sq ft) was about 55% above the typical sold price in the postcode.