Longview House, Silsoe Road, Maulden, Bedford, MK45 2AX

Longview House is a detached house in Maulden, Bedford, Bedford (MK45 2AX). It has a recorded floor area of 335 m² (around 3606 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2014) returns a high B (score 87), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in February 2014 the rating was G, the property has climbed 5 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The latest certificate is from June 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 335 m² the property is well over the postcode median (167 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 70% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £1,409,000 sits 136.8% above the 2003 sale of £595,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£165/sq ft) was about 41.4% below the postcode norm. 7 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include partial demolition, subdivision, an extension and solar panel installation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.