97 High Road, Cotton End, Bedford, MK45 3AX

97 High Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Cotton End, Bedford, Bedford (MK45 3AX). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2015) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

It hasn't traded since July 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs). Across 1995–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £224,000 is 46.4% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£237/sq ft) was about 20.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.