24 Brook Lane, Great Barford, Bedford, MK44 3LU

24 Brook Lane is a four-bedroom detached house in Great Barford, Bedford, Bedford (MK44 3LU). It has a recorded floor area of 121 m² (around 1302 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 121 m² the property is well over the postcode median (81 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£336/sq ft) was about 83.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2021 for £438,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.