Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
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.
37 Bedford Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Jul 2021
Certificate validity
Expired on 10 July 2021
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Because the property has been extended more than once and has no mains gas supply, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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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
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Rear of property
Full: Part first floor, part two storey and single storey rear extension
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Latest sale on 37 Bedford Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£583,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.0% per year over 25 years.
£510,000
Growth on file: 7.0% per year over 25 years.
20 May 2021Most recent
£510,000
+431.3%over 24 years1 November 1996
£96,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK45 3LS: £375,000 (2025–2021).
1 Bedford Road, Houghton Conquest, Bedford, MK45 3LS
Sold Nov 2025
19 Bedford Road, Houghton Conquest, Bedford, MK45 3LS
Sold Dec 2023
23 Bedford Road, Houghton Conquest, Bedford, MK45 3LS
Sold Mar 2022
31 Bedford Road, Houghton Conquest, Bedford, MK45 3LS
Sold Apr 2021
24 Bedford Road, Houghton Conquest, Bedford, MK45 3LS
Sold Jun 2020
Habitable Rooms for 37 Bedford Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,450
Street avg £3,456
Floor Area
148 m²
Street avg 87 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.9 t/year
Street avg 5.0 t/year
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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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