10 St Marys Close, Elstow, Bedford, MK42 9XQ

10 St Marys Close is a detached house in Elstow, Bedford, Bedford (MK42 9XQ). It has a recorded floor area of 118 m² (around 1270 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a C (score 71). The rating has held steady at C across 3 certificates since May 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).

At 118 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £330,000 in February 2021. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £414,000 is 25.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£260/sq ft) was about 41.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.