27 Rye Crescent, Cople, Bedford, MK44 3TJ

27 Rye Crescent is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Cople, Bedford, Bedford (MK44 3TJ). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1109 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2014) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (June 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on dual fuel. The latest certificate is from October 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 103 m² the property is well over the postcode median (59 m² across 46 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £352,000 sits 71.7% above the 2014 sale of £205,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£185/sq ft) was about 19.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in October 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.