23 Church Street, Lidlington, Bedford, MK43 0RJ

23 Church Street is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Lidlington, Bedford, Bedford (MK43 0RJ). It has a recorded floor area of 137 m² (around 1475 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in September 2013 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81).

Held since April 1997 — that's 29 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 137 m² the property is well over the postcode median (57 m² across 28 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £435,000 sits 457.7% above the 1997 sale of £77,995. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£53/sq ft) was about 79.8% below the postcode norm.