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Get started3 Cranfield Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Wootton, Bedford, Bedford (MK43 9EB). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2015) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 4-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced Bedford HPI: 6.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£345/sq ft) was about 73.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 70 m² it sits well below the postcode median (131 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £260,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
3 Cranfield Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 30 Jun 2025
A recent planning application at 3 Cranfield Road was refused — worth checking the council file.
21/01035/LBC - Condition 4 - Windows and Doors (Discharge of condition)
3 Cranfield Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£278,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.5% per year over 25 years.
£260,000
Growth on file: 6.5% per year over 25 years.
EPC Rating for 3 Cranfield Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,714
Street avg £3,563
Floor Area
70 m²
Street avg 119 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.8dB

21/01035/LBC - Condition 3 - Materials (Discharge of condition)
2 more applications for this property
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2 September 2022Most recent
£260,000
+26.8%over 2 years18 October 2019
£205,000
+50.2%over 17 years20 September 2002
£136,500
+39.6%over 1 year18 January 2001
£97,750
+82.7%over 3 years12 September 1997
£53,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK43 9EB: £415,000 (2023–2010).
CO₂ Emissions
6.4 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
MK43 9GQ
Squires Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Wootton Primary School. 7 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.3dB
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