The Manor, Church Lane, Yielden, Bedford, MK44 1AU

The Manor is a detached house in Yielden, Bedford, Bedford (MK44 1AU). It has a recorded floor area of 505 m² (around 5436 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2019) shows an F (score 26), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since April 2018. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 48). Main heating runs on lpg.

Across 2018–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £2,014,000 is 14.3% below the 2022 sale of £2,350,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£432/sq ft) was about 99.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 505 m² the property is well over the postcode median (170 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). 6 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a conservatory and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £2,350,000 in May 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.