3 Bedford Road, Cople, Bedford, MK44 3TP

3 Bedford Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Cople, Bedford, Bedford (MK44 3TP). It has a recorded floor area of 255 m² (around 2745 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2021) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in May 2012 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good.

It hasn't traded since February 2008, a hold of 18 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 255 m² the property is well over the postcode median (141 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £821,000 sits 138% above the 2008 sale of £345,000. 25 planning records sit against the property, 22 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.