1 Armstrong Drive, Bedford, MK42 9JW

1 Armstrong Drive is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Bedford (MK42 9JW). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 732 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (November 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.

Held since April 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 68 m² it's 26.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (93 m² median across 15 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2000–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £311,000 sits 127% above the 2003 sale of £137,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£187/sq ft) was about 18.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.