10a, Albert Place, Houghton Conquest, Bedford, MK45 3LJ

10a is a detached house in Houghton Conquest, Bedford, Bedford (MK45 3LJ). It has a recorded floor area of 121 m² (around 1302 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2022) returns a high B (score 87), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in October 2016 the rating was E, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Poor to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 95). Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff.

Held since August 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 121 m² the property is well over the postcode median (55 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 89% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £517,000 sits 433% above the 1997 sale of £97,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£74/sq ft) was about 61.5% below the postcode norm.