1 Pumping Station, New Road, Maulden, Bedford, MK45 2BQ

1 Pumping Station is a semi-detached house in Maulden, Bedford, Bedford (MK45 2BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2017 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 107 m² it sits well below the postcode median (166 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £441,000 is 16.8% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£328/sq ft) was about 54.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £377,500 in October 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.