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Get startedOld School House is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Lidlington, Bedford, Bedford (MK43 0RN). It has a recorded floor area of 159 m² (around 1711 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2024) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Period features are noted in the property record.
Held since May 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced Bedford HPI: 54.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £570,000 sits 78.1% above the 2004 sale of £320,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£187/sq ft) was about 25.5% below the postcode norm. At 159 m² the property is well over the postcode median (115 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs).
Old School House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Price for Old School House has grown more than fourfold since the 2000 starting point.
£570,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 54.1% per year over 4 years.
£320,000
Growth on file: 54.1% per year over 4 years.
Old School House is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£2,013
Street avg £3,656
Floor Area
159 m²
Street avg 124 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Oak Gardens — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.8dB

21 May 2004Most recent
£320,000
+433.3%over 3 years7 July 2000
£60,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK43 0RN: £401,650 (2025–2021).
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
MK43 0AU
Closest school
0.5 km
Thomas Johnson Lower School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.3dB
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