5 Airedale Close, Flitwick, Bedford, MK45 1FA
About 5 Airedale Close
5 Airedale Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Flitwick, Bedford, Bedford (MK45 1FA). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1141 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.
3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £482,000 is 20.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£351/sq ft) was about 231.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £400,000 in January 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Apr 2024ExtensionFullIn report
Raised platform and summer house in rear garden (retrospective)
Retrospective- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- CB/23/03937/FULL
- Jul 2021ConditionsIn report
Discharge of condition 3 of planning permission CB/21/00405/FULL (Part single and part two storey rear extension, first floor side extension and detached double garage with car port)
- Reference
- CB/21/02988/DOC
What's in 5 Airedale Close, Flitwick, Bedford, MK45 1FA's planning history?
1 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
5 Airedale Close has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.
£482,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.7% per year over 22 years.
£400,000
Growth on file: 5.7% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
22 January 2021Most recent
£400,000
+233.3%over 21 years25 May 1999
£119,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK45 1FA: £116,995 (2024–1999).
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Versus other Airedale Close homes
EPC Rating for 5 Airedale Close lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,774
Street avg £2,589
Floor Area
106 m²
Street avg 112 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.6 t/year
Street avg 3.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Williams Way — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Templefield Lower School. 9 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.6dB