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Get started3 Bedford Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Wootton, Bedford, Bedford (MK43 9JT). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since May 2011. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a corner plot.
Sale prices here have outpaced Bedford HPI: 7.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£428/sq ft) was about 133.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £387,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 17 Apr 2024
Planning history at 3 Bedford Road is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
Walnut tree marked as T6 - to be removed
Price for 3 Bedford Road has grown more than fourfold since the 1997 starting point.
£388,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.1% per year over 26 years.
£387,000
Growth on file: 7.1% per year over 26 years.
3 Bedford Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,607
Street avg £2,970
Floor Area
84 m²
Street avg 114 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 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
49.6dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
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T1 - Walnut tree - Crown reduce by 1.5-2m (to near previous, perhaps 7-10 years ago). Deadwood and Crown Thin by 10%. Crown lift to 4m all around.
2 more applications for this property
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15 November 2022Most recent
£387,000
+61.3%over 8 years10 October 2014
£240,000
+37.1%over 12 years17 May 2002
£175,000
+163.2%over 5 years31 January 1997
£66,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK43 9JT: £525,000 (2025–2023).
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.4 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
MK43 9DA
The Fox and Duck — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Wootton Primary School. 7 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.7dB
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