26 Hermitage Gardens, Cotton End, Bedford, MK45 3AY

26 Hermitage Gardens is a four-bedroom detached house in Cotton End, Bedford, Bedford (MK45 3AY). It has a recorded floor area of 119 m² (around 1281 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Other recorded features include notable views. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 119 m² the property is well over the postcode median (91 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1995–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£371/sq ft) was about 225.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £475,000 in December 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.