Are you a property professional?Get qualified leads from motivated homeowners.
Get started17 Ridge Road, Kempston, Bedford, MK43 9BP
About 17 Ridge Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
17 Ridge Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Kempston, Bedford, Bedford (MK43 9BP). It has a recorded floor area of 144 m² (around 1551 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2010) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 144 m² the property is well over the postcode median (85 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Sale prices here have lagged Bedford HPI: -4.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £297,000 sits 144.5% above the 2024 sale of £121,465. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£78/sq ft) was about 61.5% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £121,465 in June 2024.
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
- Bedrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
Outside
- Communal gardenYes
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
17 Ridge Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 03 Nov 2020
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
17 Ridge Road's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£297,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -4.2% per year over 13 years.
Last sold (2024)
£121,465
Growth on file: -4.2% per year over 13 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Ridge Road homes
Four headline reads against 14 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Price per m² for 17 Ridge Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£843
Street avg £2,845
Floor Area
144 m²
Street avg 90 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 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.
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
0.0 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around MK43 9BP from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.2dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 40 points of interest in total.
Beautiful places to visit nearby
Curated scenic spots within reach of this postcode, served by Beautifulplaces.ai. Photography and tagging come from their open dataset.
Common questions
The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about 17 Ridge Road, Kempston, Bedford, MK43 9BP. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.