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Get started1 Chestnut Avenue is a four-bedroom detached house in Bromham, Bedford, Bedford (MK43 8HP). It has a recorded floor area of 199 m² (around 2142 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band G. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a conservatory and attached land beyond the plot. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows a C (score 74). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81).
Sale prices here have outpaced Bedford HPI: 6.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£630/sq ft) was about 197.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 199 m² the property is well over the postcode median (91 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold April 2021 for £1,350,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
Erection of detached car barn (revision of barn approved under 21/02775/FUL and relocation of driveway access and gates
Latest sale on 1 Chestnut Avenue was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,433,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.7% per year over 22 years.
£1,350,000
Growth on file: 6.7% per year over 22 years.
Price per m² for 1 Chestnut Avenue runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,784
Street avg £2,971
Floor Area
199 m²
Street avg 113 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
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
47.6dB

22/00169/FUL - Non Material Amendment to allow for alterations to double height glazing to the front of the property, changing the rendered parts to brickwork to match the existing dwelling, and keeping the existing staircase.
4 more applications for this property
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30 April 2021Most recent
£1,350,000
+315.4%over 21 years7 May 1999
£325,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK43 8HP: £550,000 (2024–2018).
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
MK43 8TQ
East Lodge — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Bromham CofE Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.8dB
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