Flat A, 115 High Road, Cotton End, Bedford, MK45 3AX

Flat A is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Cotton End, Bedford, Bedford (MK45 3AX). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in May 2016 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average.

8 planning records sit against the property, 7 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £175,000 is 10.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£277/sq ft) was about 53% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 53 m² it's 15.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (63 m² median across 15 EPCs). Sold September 2021 for £158,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.