123 High Road, Cotton End, Bedford, MK45 3BA

123 High Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Cotton End, Bedford, Bedford (MK45 3BA). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump.

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in July 2007. Across the public record there are 5 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. Across 1995–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 17% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £280,000 sits 62.8% above the 2007 sale of £172,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£202/sq ft) was about 15.9% below the postcode norm. At 79 m² it's 16.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (95 m² median across 14 EPCs).