The Old Post Office, Spring Lane, Yielden, Bedford, MK44 1AT

The Old Post Office is a four-bedroom detached house in Yielden, Bedford, Bedford (MK44 1AT). It has a recorded floor area of 238 m² (around 2562 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (April 2017) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views, a self-contained annexe and outbuildings.

At 238 m² the property is well over the postcode median (172 m² across 10 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. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £789,000 is 23.3% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£250/sq ft) was about 17.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in January 2018 and unlisted since — roughly 8 years.