25 Lombard Street, Lidlington, Bedford, MK43 0RP

25 Lombard Street is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Lidlington, Bedford, Bedford (MK43 0RP). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2016) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since January 2011. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory and outbuildings.

Last sale on file: £264,000 in June 2021. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: a loft conversion approved in 2014. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 73 m² it's 24.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (97 m² median across 18 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 2000–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £315,000 is 19.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£336/sq ft) was about 64.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.