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Get started4 Dove Lane is a semi-detached house in Harrold, Bedford, Bedford (MK43 7DF). It has a recorded floor area of 194 m² (around 2088 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2013) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 194 m² the property is well over the postcode median (104 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2011. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
4 Dove Lane's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 Nov 2023
Replace two windows.
4 Dove Lane has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£537,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
On floor area, 4 Dove Lane stands well clear of the street.
EPC Rating
28 (F)
Street avg 52 (E)
Floor Area
194 m²
Street avg 105 m²
CO₂ Emissions
13.0 t/year
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.7dB

Median price across the last 5 sales in MK43 7DF: £285,000 (2018–2014).
Street avg 5.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
MK43 7DF
The Magpie — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Harrold Primary Academy. 2 schools nearby.
Flood risk
Medium
From the Environment Agency.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB