17 Barnes Road, Wootton, Bedford, MK43 9FB

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).

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. Across 2005–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. 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.