1 Close Cottages, High Street, Swineshead, Bedford, MK44 2AA

1 Close Cottages is a three-bedroom detached house in Swineshead, Bedford, Bedford (MK44 2AA). It has a recorded floor area of 224 m² (around 2411 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (April 2012) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from April 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 17 years, with the last transfer in September 2009. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 224 m² the property is well over the postcode median (126 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £568,000 sits 184% above the 2009 sale of £200,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£83/sq ft) was about 74.1% below the postcode norm. 29 planning records sit against the property, 23 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.