8 Chandos Road, Ampthill, Bedford, MK45 2LF
About 8 Chandos Road
8 Chandos Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Ampthill, Bedford, Bedford (MK45 2LF). It has a recorded floor area of 153 m² (around 1647 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
At 153 m² the property is well over the postcode median (110 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £545,000 sits 118% above the 2021 sale of £250,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£152/sq ft) was about 40.8% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £250,000 in March 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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- EnsuiteYes
- BasementYes
Outside
- GarageYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- Previously extendedYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
8 Chandos Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
8 Chandos Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Mar 2005ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Full: Single storey rear extension.
- Reference
- MB/05/00132/FULL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
8 Chandos Road has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£545,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.3% per year over 25 years.
£250,000
Growth on file: 5.3% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
28 March 2021Most recent
£250,000
+131.5%over 22 years26 February 1999
£108,000
+57.0%over 2 years3 April 1996
£68,775
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK45 2LF: £422,500 (2025–2016).
Nearby sales in MK45 2LF
4 Chandos Road, Ampthill, Bedford, MK45 2LF
Sold Apr 2025
£595,0001 Chandos Road, Ampthill, Bedford, MK45 2LF
Sold Nov 2023
£422,5007 Chandos Road, Ampthill, Bedford, MK45 2LF
Sold Aug 2016
£465,0009 Chandos Road, Ampthill, Bedford, MK45 2LF
Sold Mar 2015
£408,0001a, Chandos Road, Ampthill, Bedford, MK45 2LF
Sold Jul 2014
£350,000
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Chandos Road homes
Price per m² for 8 Chandos Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,634
Street avg £3,802
Floor Area
153 m²
Street avg 122 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.4 t/year
Street avg 6.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Alameda Walk — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Alameda Middle School. 8 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.7dB