Chapel Cottage, High Street, Swineshead, Bedford, MK44 2AA

Chapel Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Swineshead, Bedford, Bedford (MK44 2AA). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in August 2011 the rating was G, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal.

Today's modelled estimate of £320,000 sits 88.2% above the 2012 sale of £170,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£148/sq ft) was about 53.9% below the postcode norm. Last changed hands 14 years ago, in May 2012. At 107 m² it's 27.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (148 m² median across 7 EPCs).