2 Forge Gardens, Yielden, Bedford, MK44 1BA
About 2 Forge Gardens
2 Forge Gardens is a detached house in Yielden, Bedford, Bedford (MK44 1BA). It has a recorded floor area of 142 m² (around 1528 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Main heating runs on oil.
On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£383/sq ft) was about 69.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 142 m² it's 17.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (173 m² median across 4 EPCs). Sold November 2022 for £585,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Risks
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Sold prices
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Trends
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Planning history
2 Forge Gardens has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 2 Forge Gardens was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£590,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£585,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
7 November 2022Most recent
£585,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK44 1BA: £425,000 (2020–2001).
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Forge Gardens homes
2 Forge Gardens outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,120
Street avg £2,711
Floor Area
142 m²
Street avg 174 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 7.1 t/year
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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
0.2 km
Trailly Close — bus stop.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.3dB