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4 Brookes Road, Flitwick, Bedford, MK45 1BX

3 sales on record1 planning record
Property type
Semi-detached
Habitable rooms
5
From EPC
Floor area
90 m²
969 sq ft
Energy rating
F
Score 34
Council tax
Band C
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 4 Brookes Road

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

4 Brookes Road is a semi-detached house in Flitwick, Bedford, Bedford (MK45 1BX). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 969 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2017) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 50). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 90 m² the property is well over the postcode median (57 m² across 22 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. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2020. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £391,000 is 19.9% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£337/sq ft) was about 90.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in March 2018 and unlisted since — roughly 8 years.

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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

4 Brookes Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
F
F34
G
Main Heating
Electric & Gas
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
7.2 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 4 Brookes Road, Flitwick, Bedford, MK45 1BX, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.

  1. Dec 2020
    DemolitionFull
    In report

    Extension: Side and rear of property

    Demolition of rear and side outbuildings and erection of single storey rear and side extensions

    Extension
    Documents
    14 docs on file
    Reference
    CB/20/04178/FULL
    View planning record

What's in 4 Brookes Road, Flitwick, Bedford, MK45 1BX's planning history?

Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

4 Brookes Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.

Current estimate

£391,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.4% per year over 19 years.

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Last sold (2018)

£326,000

Growth on file: 10.4% per year over 19 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 9 March 2018Most recent

    £326,000

    +49.2%over 10 years
  2. 29 July 2007

    £218,500

    +328.4%over 8 years
  3. 9 May 1999

    £51,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in MK45 1BX: £170,000 (2022–2013).

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On the street

Versus other Brookes Road homes

Four headline reads against 11 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Price per m² for 4 Brookes Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.

Price per m²

£3,622

Street avg £2,272

Strongly above

Floor Area

90 m²

Street avg 67 m²

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 4 rooms

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

7.2 t/year

Street avg 2.4 t/year

Strongly below
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Bedford district page.

Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.

Crime

2/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Brookes Road — bus stop.

Closest school

0.4 km

Kingsmoor Lower School. 10 schools nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around MK45 1BX from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for MK45 1BX

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

49.9dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for MK45 1BX

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

40.1dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about 4 Brookes Road, Flitwick, Bedford, MK45 1BX. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.