2 Church End, Thurleigh, Bedford, MK44 2DA

2 Church End is a five-bedroom detached house in Thurleigh, Bedford, Bedford (MK44 2DA). It has a recorded floor area of 252 m² (around 2713 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The property has an EV charger on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (July 2024) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (September 2015); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 63). Main heating runs on oil.

Untraded for 26 years, with the last transfer in November 2000. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 252 m² the property is well over the postcode median (140 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £707,000 sits 607% above the 2000 sale of £100,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£37/sq ft) was about 81.6% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, partial demolition, a loft conversion and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.