17 Melrose Drive, Elstow, Bedford, MK42 9FH

17 Melrose Drive is a detached house in Elstow, Bedford, Bedford (MK42 9FH). It has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (around 1238 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2015) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 25 years, with the last transfer in March 2001. At 115 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 1998–2001, sale prices on this property compounded at 8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £440,000 sits 185.7% above the 2001 sale of £154,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£124/sq ft) was about 26.5% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.