3 Ailwyns Acre, Cranfield, Bedford, MK43 0GA

3 Ailwyns Acre is a five-bedroom detached house in Cranfield, Bedford, Bedford (MK43 0GA). It has a recorded floor area of 202 m² (around 2174 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band F. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. The home occupies a corner plot. The latest certificate (November 2016) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.

Held since August 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 202 m² the property is well over the postcode median (133 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £724,000 sits 253.3% above the 2000 sale of £204,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£94/sq ft) was about 49.2% below the postcode norm.