7 Melrose Drive, Elstow, Bedford, MK42 9FH

7 Melrose Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Elstow, Bedford, Bedford (MK42 9FH). It has a recorded floor area of 147 m² (around 1582 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The property has solar panels and an EV charger on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a loft. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (January 2017) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (August 2015); the latest reading is one band lower. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 70).

At 147 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 2023. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £600,000 is 27.7% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£297/sq ft) was about 76.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 9 years since the last transfer (February 2017).