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Get started5 The Rickyard is a mid-terrace house in Newton Blossomville, Bedford, Bedford (MK43 8AF). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2017) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 100), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced Bedford HPI: 4.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Most recent transfer: July 2022 at £436,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£426,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.4% per year over 13 years.
£436,000
Growth on file: 4.4% per year over 13 years.
On habitable rooms, 5 The Rickyard runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
60 (D)
Street avg 58 (D)
Floor Area
98 m²
Street avg 201 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 7.7 t/year
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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.0dB

20 July 2022Most recent
£436,000
+16.6%over 4 years1 March 2018
£374,000
+49.6%over 8 years29 June 2009
£250,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK43 8AF: £1,000,000 (2018–2007).
6 The Rickyard Newton Blossomville Bedford
Sold Jul 2018
1 The Rickyard Newton Blossomville Bedford
Sold Sept 2017
4 The Rickyard Newton Blossomville Bedford
Sold May 2009
7 The Rickyard Newton Blossomville Bedford
Sold Apr 2007
3 The Rickyard Newton Blossomville Bedford
Sold Jul 2006
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
MK43 8DJ
Brook Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Newton Blossomville Church of England School. 3 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB
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