15 Townsend Close, Cranfield, Bedford, MK43 0DJ

15 Townsend Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Cranfield, Bedford, Bedford (MK43 0DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1068 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2009) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced Bedford HPI: 12.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £332,000 is 47.6% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£211/sq ft) was about 19.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.