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EPC B
About 3 Farrows Close
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
3 Farrows Close is a detached house in Oakley, Bedford, Bedford (MK43 7TF). It has a recorded floor area of 218 m² (around 2347 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (February 2022) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. The rating has held steady at B across 2 certificates since January 2010. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good.
Sale prices here have outpaced Bedford HPI: 2.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £679,000 is 11.3% above the 2022 sale price. At 218 m² it's 18.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (185 m² median across 7 EPCs). Last sale on file: £610,000 in August 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Achieving this rating across a home of this size is uncommon — larger homes typically score lower.
Current Certificate(1 of 2)
Feb 2022
EPC Rating
A
B
B81
C
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
4.0 t/year
Occupancy
Rented
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£679,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.2% per year over 12 years.
Last sold (2022)
£610,000
Growth on file: 2.2% per year over 12 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Farrows Close homes
Four headline reads against 7 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Years Held for 3 Farrows Close lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,798
Street avg £3,358
Floor Area
218 m²
Street avg 161 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.0 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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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
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around MK43 7TF from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.3dB
Everything within walking distance
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