2 Chestnut Gardens, The Links, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 7PT

2 Chestnut Gardens is a one-bedroom detached house in Kempston, Bedford, Bedford (MK42 7PT). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since March 2012. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). At 37 m² this is the 13th smallest of 16 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 30–43 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 16 units on file.

At 37 m² it's 23.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (30 m² median across 15 EPCs). Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £118,000 is 31.1% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£226/sq ft) was about 93.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: April 2022 at £90,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.