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Get startedRose 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 (April 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.
Sale prices here have outpaced Bedford HPI: 4.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£380/sq ft) was about 90.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 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. Sold June 2021 for £880,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Rose Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
T1 Norway maple- Crown reduce longer lateral branches 1-1.5 metres, and thin 20% throughout crown. T2 Hawthorn - Reduce and thin 30% by removing largest diameter regenerative growth from former pruning points.
Latest sale on Rose Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£945,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.1% per year over 11 years.
£880,000
Growth on file: 4.1% per year over 11 years.
On price per m², Rose Cottage stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,093
Street avg £3,194
Floor Area
215 m²
Street avg 140 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
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
44.5dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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One and two storey side extension. Discharge of condition 5 of planning permission 05/01990/FUL - (roof materials)
5 more applications for this property
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29 June 2021Most recent
£880,000
+55.8%over 11 years18 June 2010
£565,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK43 7HN: £423,200 (2024–2017).
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Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.5 t/year
Street avg 8.5 t/year
MK43 7LP
The Church — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Pinchmill Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.1dB
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