1 Astwood Road, Cranfield, Bedford, MK43 0AU

1 Astwood Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Cranfield, Bedford, Bedford (MK43 0AU). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 6 certificates since April 2010. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since August 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 80 m² it sits well below the postcode median (146 m² across 4 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 2002–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £366,000 sits 60.6% above the 2010 sale of £227,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£265/sq ft) was about 51.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.