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37 Bedford Road, Houghton Conquest, Bedford, MK45 3LS

Extendable1 planning record
Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
4
Floor area
148 m²
1591 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 56
Council tax
Band E
Tenure
Owner Occupied
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Overview

About 37 Bedford Road

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

37 Bedford Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Houghton Conquest, Bedford, Bedford (MK45 3LS). It has a recorded floor area of 148 m² (around 1591 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2011) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from July 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 148 m² the property is well over the postcode median (81 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £583,000 is 14.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£320/sq ft) was about 47.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £510,000 in May 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

Specifications

What this property has

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Inside

  • Bedrooms4
  • Dining roomYes
  • EnsuiteYes

Outside

  • Private gardenSouth-west-facing

Building

  • Extension potentialPossible
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  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

37 Bedford Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Jul 2021

Current Certificate
Jul 2011

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
D56
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
7.9 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied

Certificate validity

Expired on 10 July 2021

New assessment needed to sell or let
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Mid 20th centuryDetached HouseEPC DExtended multiple times (2+ extensions)No mains gas

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 37 Bedford Road, Houghton Conquest, Bedford, MK45 3LS, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Council records include a part-single-part-two-storey rear extension at 37 Bedford Road.

1 application on record at 37 Bedford Road, Houghton Conquest, Bedford, MK45 3LS

1decisions1extensions8nearby
  1. Jun 2005
    ExtensionFull
    Outcome in report

    Extension: Part single, part two storey · Rear of property

    Full: Part first floor, part two storey and single storey rear extension

    Reference
    MB/05/00603/FULL
    Full record in report

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Latest sale on 37 Bedford Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.

Current estimate

£583,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.0% per year over 25 years.

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Last sold (2021)

£510,000

Growth on file: 7.0% per year over 25 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 20 May 2021Most recent

    £510,000

    +431.3%over 24 years
  2. 1 November 1996

    £96,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in MK45 3LS: £375,000 (2025–2021).

On the street

Versus other Bedford Road homes

Four headline reads against 19 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Habitable Rooms for 37 Bedford Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.

Price per m²

£3,450

Street avg £3,456

On par

Floor Area

148 m²

Street avg 87 m²

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

9 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

7.9 t/year

Street avg 5.0 t/year

Strongly below

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Bedford district page.

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

181/mo

Falling year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Broadway — bus stop.

Closest school

0.2 km

Houghton Conquest Lower School. 7 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around MK45 3LS from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for MK45 3LS

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

45.1dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for MK45 3LS

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

36.3dB

Low
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60 dB
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Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
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Common questions

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