Orchard End, Little Staughton Road, Colmworth, Bedford, MK44 2LB

Orchard End is a four-bedroom detached house in Colmworth, Bedford, Bedford (MK44 2LB). It has a recorded floor area of 155 m² (around 1668 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 155 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2012, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £569,000 sits 58.1% above the 2012 sale of £360,000. On the market in May 2012 and unlisted since — roughly 14 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.