3 Bowers Close, Riseley, Bedford, MK44 1DP

3 Bowers Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Riseley, Bedford, Bedford (MK44 1DP). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2018) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in March 2017 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84). Other recorded features include a conservatory.

One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2007. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 108 m² it's 20% larger than the typical home in the postcode (90 m² median across 8 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £406,000 is 11.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£314/sq ft) was about 87% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2022 for £365,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.