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Get started4 Dickens Close is a detached house in Harrold, Bedford, Bedford (MK43 7ER). It has a recorded floor area of 197 m² (around 2120 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2015) shows a C (score 70). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 89). The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 25 years, with the last transfer in October 2001. Sale prices here have outpaced Bedford HPI: 16.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £618,000 sits 174.7% above the 2001 sale of £225,000. 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.
4 Dickens Close'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 29 Jun 2025
Lime trees (T1 - 5) - Crown thin each by 20 - 25% and Crown Lift to max. 5m. Any deadwood or damaged branches to be removed.
4 Dickens Close has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1996.
£618,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 16.5% per year over 5 years.
£225,000
Growth on file: 16.5% per year over 5 years.
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
42.5dB

Extension: Rear of property
Change of use of agricultural land to rear of property to use as garden. Erection of rear conservatory.
5 October 2001Most recent
£225,000
+119.5%over 5 years8 August 1996
£102,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK43 7ER: £250,000 (2011–1999).
The Institute — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Harrold Primary Academy. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB
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