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4 sales on record
About 17 Station Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
17 Station Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Oakley, Bedford, Bedford (MK43 7RB). It has a recorded floor area of 203 m² (around 2185 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (November 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Sale prices here have outpaced Bedford HPI: 4.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£279/sq ft) was about 34.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 203 m² the property is well over the postcode median (108 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Sold February 2022 for £610,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
What this property has
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Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
- EnsuiteYes
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
17 Station Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 17 Nov 2024
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 17 Station Road, Oakley, Bedford, MK43 7RB, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
17 Station Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- May 2017ExtensionFullGrant Permission
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Sale price has at least doubled since 2002.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£659,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.7% per year over 19 years.
Last sold (2022)
£610,000
Growth on file: 4.7% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Station Road homes
Four headline reads against 16 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On floor area, 17 Station Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,005
Street avg £2,377
Floor Area
203 m²
Street avg 111 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
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Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
The Memorial — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around MK43 7RB from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.7dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 35 points of interest in total.
Beautiful places to visit nearby
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