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

3 Albert Place is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Houghton Conquest, Bedford, Bedford (MK45 3LJ). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2023) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 47 m² it sits well below the postcode median (90 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: September 2018 at £192,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1996–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £241,000 is 25.5% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£380/sq ft) was about 113.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.