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

2 Pumping Station is a semi-detached house in Maulden, Bedford, Bedford (MK45 2BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 135 m² (around 1453 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2016) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from February 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since December 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 2003–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £413,000 sits 111.8% above the 2006 sale of £195,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£134/sq ft) was about 56.4% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2008. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 135 m² it's 18.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (166 m² median across 7 EPCs).