Rose Cottage, The High Road, Felmersham, Bedford, MK43 7HN

Rose Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Felmersham, Bedford, Bedford (MK43 7HN). It has a recorded floor area of 215 m² (around 2314 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (March 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 61). Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 215 m² the property is well over the postcode median (151 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 7 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2010–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£380/sq ft) was about 90.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £880,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.