21 High Street, Harrold, Bedford, MK43 7DQ

21 High Street is a detached house in Harrold, Bedford, Bedford (MK43 7DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (November 2023) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Today's modelled estimate of £254,000 is 68.3% below the 2022 sale of £800,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,143/sq ft) was about 397.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 65 m² it sits well below the postcode median (108 m² across 23 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £800,000 in August 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.