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Get started4 Merchant Lane is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Cranfield, Bedford, Bedford (MK43 0BU). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2018) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85).
Held since January 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 2004–2006, sale prices here grew -0.4% per year, broadly in step with Bedford's 0% HPI growth. Today's modelled estimate of £349,000 sits 75.4% above the 2006 sale of £199,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£195/sq ft) was about 18.8% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.
Full: Pair of semi-detached dwellings with integral garages.
4 Merchant Lane changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£349,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -0.4% per year over 1 year.
£199,000
Growth on file: -0.4% per year over 1 year.
On price per m², 4 Merchant Lane runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,095
Street avg £3,004
Floor Area
95 m²
Street avg 104 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
War Memorial — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.2dB

Full: Erection of two detached dwellings with integral garages following demolition of existing dwelling and garage.
1 more application for this property
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6 January 2006Most recent
£199,000
-0.5%over 1 year23 August 2004
£200,001
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK43 0BU: £280,000 (2025–2016).
CO₂ Emissions
2.7 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
MK43 0JZ
Closest school
0.2 km
Cranfield Church of England Academy. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.4dB
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