13 Berkeley Road, Bedford, MK42 9UZ
About 13 Berkeley Road
13 Berkeley Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bedford (MK42 9UZ). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 596 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2011) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). The latest certificate is from February 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since May 2011, a hold of 15 years that's notably long for the area. At 55 m² it sits well below the postcode median (91 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2008–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £272,000 sits 75.5% above the 2011 sale of £155,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£260/sq ft) was about 126.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
13 Berkeley Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 09 Feb 2021
EPC Rating
Planning history
13 Berkeley Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
9applications of note in the surrounding area
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 13 Berkeley Road
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
13 Berkeley Road changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£272,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.2% per year over 3 years.
£155,000
Growth on file: 2.2% per year over 3 years.
Sales timeline
19 May 2011Most recent
£155,000
-0.6%over 1 year19 January 2010
£156,000
+7.6%over 1 year7 May 2008
£145,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK42 9UZ: £180,000 (2019–2011).
Nearby sales in MK42 9UZ
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Berkeley Road homes
13 Berkeley Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,799
Street avg £1,414
Floor Area
55 m²
Street avg 93 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Berkeley Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Elstow School. 19 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.0dB