56 The Avenue, Bletsoe, Bedford, MK44 1QF
About 56 The Avenue
56 The Avenue is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bletsoe, Bedford, Bedford (MK44 1QF). It has a recorded floor area of 133 m² (around 1432 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Period features are noted in the property record.
Untraded for 16 years, with the last transfer in August 2010. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 133 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1996–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £459,000 is 48.1% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£217/sq ft) was about 24% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2011.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- StudyYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- Garageen_bloc
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
- May 2011Tree WorksTreesIn report
1 Conifer - fell 1 Silver birch - crown lift 1 Portuguese Laurel - fell
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 11/00913/TCA
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
56 The Avenue has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£459,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.6% per year over 14 years.
£310,000
Growth on file: 8.6% per year over 14 years.
Sales timeline
1 August 2010Most recent
£310,000
+24.4%over 5 years4 March 2005
£249,200
+104.3%over 6 years23 July 1998
£122,000
+22.0%over 1 year29 November 1996
£100,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK44 1QF: £410,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in MK44 1QF
38 The Avenue, Bletsoe, Bedford, MK44 1QF
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£305,00060 The Avenue, Bletsoe, Bedford, MK44 1QF
Sold Jan 2024
£280,0008 The Avenue, Bletsoe, Bedford, MK44 1QF
Sold Oct 2023
£725,00030 The Avenue, Bletsoe, Bedford, MK44 1QF
Sold Nov 2022
£410,00026 The Avenue, Bletsoe, Bedford, MK44 1QF
Sold Nov 2022
£610,000
Everything we know about 56 The Avenue, 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 The Avenue homes
56 The Avenue is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£2,331
Street avg £3,379
Floor Area
133 m²
Street avg 99 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 5.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Bletsoe Church — bus stop.
Closest school
2.2 km
Milton Ernest CofE Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.3dB