Top Farm Cottage, High Street, Yielden, Bedford, MK44 1AW
About Top Farm Cottage
Top Farm Cottage is a detached house in Yielden, Bedford, Bedford (MK44 1AW). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 109 m² it's 21.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (139 m² median across 9 EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2008.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Top Farm Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- May 2008OtherIn report
Erection of general purpose agricultural building.
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 08/00679/AGR
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Top Farm Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£386,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK44 1AW: £425,000 (2025–2017).
Nearby sales in MK44 1AW
The Chequers, High Street, Yielden, Bedford, MK44 1AW
Sold Apr 2025
£580,000Beckbridge, High Street, Yielden, Bedford, MK44 1AW
Sold Mar 2023
£387,500Smithy Cottage, High Street, Yielden, Bedford, MK44 1AW
Sold Feb 2021
£490,000Castle View, High Street, Yielden, Bedford, MK44 1AW
Sold Aug 2013
£186,000Castle Cottage, High Street, Yielden, Bedford, MK44 1AW
Sold Feb 2013
£225,000
Everything we know about Top Farm Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other High Street homes
EPC Rating for Top Farm Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
29 (F)
Street avg 43 (E)
Floor Area
109 m²
Street avg 159 m²
CO₂ Emissions
9.2 t/year
Street avg 11.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Spring Lane — bus stop.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB