12 Melrose Drive, Elstow, Bedford, MK42 9FH

12 Melrose Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Elstow, Bedford, Bedford (MK42 9FH). It has a recorded floor area of 167 m² (around 1793 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2009) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73). The latest certificate is from August 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since January 2003, a hold of 23 years that's notably long for the area. At 167 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1998–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 11% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £515,000 sits 106% above the 2003 sale of £250,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£139/sq ft) was about 17.9% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.