1 Chapel Lane, Ampthill, Bedford, MK45 2LN

1 Chapel Lane is a two-bedroom detached house in Ampthill, Bedford, Bedford (MK45 2LN). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2012) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 77 m² it sits well below the postcode median (131 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2012–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 32.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £483,000 is 24.5% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£468/sq ft) was about 94.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in October 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.