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5 sales on record
About 17 Barnes Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
17 Barnes Road is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Wootton, Bedford, Bedford (MK43 9FB). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows a C (score 72). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since September 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 87).
Sale prices here have outpaced Bedford HPI: 4.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £164,000 is 23.8% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£189/sq ft) was about 23.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 65 m² it sits well below the postcode median (127 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £132,500 in April 2022. 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.
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
Building
- Heating systemgas
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Current Certificate(1 of 2)
Jan 2022
EPC Rating
A
B
C
C72
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
2.2 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
17 Barnes Road has changed hands more often than typical for the area.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£164,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.1% per year over 17 years.
Last sold (2022)
£132,500
Growth on file: 4.1% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Barnes Road homes
Four headline reads against 11 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
17 Barnes Road is notably below the street on habitable rooms.
Price per m²
£2,038
Street avg £2,313
Floor Area
65 m²
Street avg 126 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 6 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
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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
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around MK43 9FB from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.4dB
Everything within walking distance
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