20 Birchdale Avenue, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 8NU

20 Birchdale Avenue is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Kempston, Bedford, Bedford (MK42 8NU). It has a recorded floor area of 201 m² (around 2164 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2016) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 24 years, with the last transfer in April 2002. At 201 m² the property is well over the postcode median (95 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £474,000 sits 323.2% above the 2002 sale of £112,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£52/sq ft) was about 71% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.