Marlin, Astwood Road, Cranfield, Bedford, MK43 0AU

Marlin is a detached house in Cranfield, Bedford, Bedford (MK43 0AU). It has a recorded floor area of 469 m² (around 5048 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (January 2021) returns an A (score 93), the top energy band on the EPC scale. When first surveyed in September 2017 the rating was F, the property has climbed 5 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, window efficiency went from Average to Very Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Very Good. Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff.

Across 2002–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,090,000 is 33.9% below the 2021 sale of £1,650,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£327/sq ft) was about 35.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 469 m² the property is well over the postcode median (94 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold November 2021 for £1,650,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.