16 Rye Crescent, Cople, Bedford, MK44 3TJ

16 Rye Crescent is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Cople, Bedford, Bedford (MK44 3TJ). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 84 m² the property is well over the postcode median (59 m² across 46 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £312,000 is 17.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£293/sq ft) was about 89.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £265,000 in August 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.