1 Hurst Grove, Lidlington, Bedford, MK43 0SB

1 Hurst Grove is a six-bedroom semi-detached house in Lidlington, Bedford, Bedford (MK43 0SB). It has a recorded floor area of 164 m² (around 1765 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2023) returns an A (score 93), the top energy band on the EPC scale. When first surveyed in October 2019 the rating was C, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a corner plot.

At 164 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 5 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2003–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £462,000 is 44.4% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£181/sq ft) was about 15% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £320,000 in April 2020.