39 The Avenue, Flitwick, Bedford, MK45 1BS

39 The Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Flitwick, Bedford, Bedford (MK45 1BS). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in April 2016 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.

Held since April 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £385,000 sits 487.8% above the 1996 sale of £65,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£58/sq ft) was about 68.2% below the postcode norm. At 105 m² it's 16.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (90 m² median across 31 EPCs).