The Old Rectory, Church Lane, Yielden, Bedford, MK44 1AU

The Old Rectory is a six-bedroom detached house in Yielden, Bedford, Bedford (MK44 1AU). It has a recorded floor area of 382 m² (around 4116 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. The latest certificate (September 2010) shows a G (score 17), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to E (score 39), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 382 m² the property is well over the postcode median (170 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. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 5 is the typical count. 11 planning records sit against the property, 11 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Today's modelled estimate of £1,598,000 is 33.2% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£292/sq ft) was about 33.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in June 2013, so it's been off the market for around 13 years.