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About 5 Highfield Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
5 Highfield Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Oakley, Bedford, Bedford (MK43 7TA). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 96 m² it sits well below the postcode median (150 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Today's modelled estimate of £501,000 is 24.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£390/sq ft) was about 123.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £403,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
5 Highfield Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E45
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
6.1 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£501,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (2021)
£403,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
Versus other Highfield Road homes
Four headline reads against 8 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
5 Highfield Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,198
Street avg £2,526
Floor Area
96 m²
Street avg 156 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 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
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Bedford district page.
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 7TA from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.5dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 35 points of interest in total.
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