11 Melrose Drive, Elstow, Bedford, MK42 9FH

11 Melrose Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Elstow, Bedford, Bedford (MK42 9FH). It has a recorded floor area of 154 m² (around 1658 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 154 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold May 2021 for £475,000. Across the public record there are 5 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. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £578,000 is 21.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£287/sq ft) was about 83.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.