23 Elstow Road, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 8HD
About 23 Elstow Road
23 Elstow Road is a semi-detached house in Kempston, Bedford, Bedford (MK42 8HD). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump.
Held since November 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £356,000 sits 309.2% above the 1999 sale of £87,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£85/sq ft) was about 52.1% below the postcode norm. At 95 m² it's 20.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (120 m² median across 12 EPCs).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
23 Elstow Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
23 Elstow Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
Sales history & valuation
23 Elstow Road's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1999).
£356,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£87,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
18 November 1999Most recent
£87,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK42 8HD: £407,000 (2022–2018).
Nearby sales in MK42 8HD
39 Elstow Road, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 8HD
Sold Sept 2022
£700,00041 Elstow Road, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 8HD
Sold Apr 2021
£407,00047 Elstow Road, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 8HD
Sold Dec 2020
£270,00019 Elstow Road, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 8HD
Sold Jan 2018
£294,0007 Elstow Road, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 8HD
Sold Apr 2016
£325,000
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Versus other Elstow Road homes
Price per m² for 23 Elstow Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£916
Street avg £2,575
Floor Area
95 m²
Street avg 122 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.1 t/year
Street avg 5.5 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
Farrer Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Bedford Road Primary Academy. 21 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.6dB