71 High Street, Riseley, Bedford, MK44 1DD

71 High Street is a five-bedroom detached house in Riseley, Bedford, Bedford (MK44 1DD). It has a recorded floor area of 188 m² (around 2024 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in June 2017 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 188 m² the property is well over the postcode median (115 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2018–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£420/sq ft) was about 71.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £850,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.