Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
4 Wood End Lane, Kempston, Bedford, MK43 9BN
Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
4
Floor area
147 m²
1580 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 49
Council tax
Band C
Tenure
Owner Occupied
About 4 Wood End Lane
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
4 Wood End Lane is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Kempston, Bedford, Bedford (MK43 9BN). It has a recorded floor area of 147 m² (around 1580 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2008) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 62). The latest certificate is from December 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since September 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 147 m² the property is well over the postcode median (97 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £391,000 sits 610.9% above the 1995 sale of £55,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£35/sq ft) was about 83.9% below the postcode norm.
What this property has
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Inside
- Bedrooms4
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
4 Wood End Lane's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Dec 2018
Current Certificate
Dec 2008EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E49
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
6.7 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Certificate validity
Expired on 10 December 2018
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Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 4 Wood End Lane, Kempston, Bedford, MK43 9BN, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
4 Wood End Lane has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Latest sale on 4 Wood End Lane was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£391,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (1995)
£55,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
5 September 1995Most recent
£55,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK43 9BN: £280,000 (2022–2014).
Nearby sales in MK43 9BN
2 Wood End Lane, Kempston, Bedford, MK43 9BN
Sold Oct 2022
£363,0116 Wood End Lane, Kempston, Bedford, MK43 9BN
Sold Dec 2021
£450,0001 Wood End Lane, Kempston, Bedford, MK43 9BN
Sold Jan 2018
£280,0008 Wood End Lane, Kempston, Bedford, MK43 9BN
Sold Jan 2015
£275,0005 Wood End Lane, Kempston, Bedford, MK43 9BN
Sold Dec 2014
£280,000
Versus other Wood End Lane homes
Four headline reads against 5 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Price per m² for 4 Wood End Lane lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£375
Street avg £3,175
Floor Area
147 m²
Street avg 103 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.7 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
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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.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
123/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Ibbett Close — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
Kempston Rural Primary School. 9 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around MK43 9BN from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.6dB
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4Common questions
The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about 4 Wood End Lane, Kempston, Bedford, MK43 9BN. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.