12 Meeting Close, Cotton End, Bedford, MK45 3AU
About 12 Meeting Close
12 Meeting Close is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Cotton End, Bedford, Bedford (MK45 3AU). It has a recorded floor area of 155 m² (around 1668 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows a C (score 74). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81).
At 155 m² the property is well over the postcode median (93 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2012–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £492,000 is 24.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£237/sq ft) was about 38.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £395,000 in May 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
- Bathrooms3
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Aug 2015PorchFullIn report
Extension: Side of property
Two storey side extension, single storey rear extension, front porch and canopy roof.
Extension- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 15/01571/FUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 12 Meeting Close was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£492,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 14.5% per year over 9 years.
£395,000
Growth on file: 14.5% per year over 9 years.
Sales timeline
24 May 2021Most recent
£395,000
+240.5%over 9 years3 May 2012
£116,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK45 3AU: £360,000 (2025–2019).
Nearby sales in MK45 3AU
22 Meeting Close, Cotton End, Bedford, MK45 3AU
Sold Jan 2025
£360,0007 Meeting Close, Cotton End, Bedford, MK45 3AU
Sold Oct 2024
£360,00016 Meeting Close, Cotton End, Bedford, MK45 3AU
Sold Jul 2024
£390,00024 Meeting Close, Cotton End, Bedford, MK45 3AU
Sold Sept 2022
£330,0006 Meeting Close, Cotton End, Bedford, MK45 3AU
Sold Feb 2019
£170,000
Everything we know about 12 Meeting Close, in one report
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 Meeting Close homes
Floor Area for 12 Meeting Close runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,548
Street avg £2,715
Floor Area
155 m²
Street avg 98 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 4.1 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
0.1 km
High Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Cotton End Forest School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.7dB