25 High Street, Oakley, Bedford, MK43 7RG

25 High Street is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Oakley, Bedford, Bedford (MK43 7RG). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2021) returns a high B (score 87), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in June 2014 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 92). Other recorded features include a conservatory.

At 76 m² it sits well below the postcode median (197 m² across 20 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2024. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £336,000 is 13.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£361/sq ft) was about 38.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £295,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.