68a, Willington Road, Cople, Bedford, MK44 3TN

68a is a detached house in Cople, Bedford, Bedford (MK44 3TN). It has a recorded floor area of 156 m² (around 1679 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 4-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since April 1999, a hold of 27 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 156 m² the property is well over the postcode median (110 m² across 20 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 £591,000 sits 237.7% above the 1999 sale of £175,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£104/sq ft) was about 51.2% below the postcode norm.