5 Melchbourne Park, Melchbourne, Bedford, MK44 1BD

5 Melchbourne Park is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Melchbourne, Bedford, Bedford (MK44 1BD). It has a recorded floor area of 163 m² (around 1759 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include notable views and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. At 163 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 10 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 126–344 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to D across 10 units on file. The latest certificate (April 2010) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from April 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Across 1995–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £434,000 is 10.5% below the 2022 sale of £485,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£276/sq ft) was about 45.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 163 m² it's 26.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (221 m² median across 9 EPCs). Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £485,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.