Merrow House, Church Lane, Yielden, Bedford, MK44 1AU

Merrow House is a five-bedroom detached house in Yielden, Bedford, Bedford (MK44 1AU). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1616 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2011) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since January 2010, a hold of 16 years that's notably long for the area. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 150 m² it's 16.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (180 m² median across 10 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 70% of similar EPCs). Across 2002–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £472,000 is 36.8% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£214/sq ft) was about 26.8% below the postcode norm.