6 Melrose Drive, Elstow, Bedford, MK42 9FH

6 Melrose Drive is a detached house in Elstow, Bedford, Bedford (MK42 9FH). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1615 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2017) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.

At 150 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £562,000 is 29.2% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£269/sq ft) was about 66% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in March 2018 and unlisted since — roughly 8 years.