Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
4 Bedford Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Houghton Conquest, Bedford, Bedford (MK45 3LS). It has a recorded floor area of 121 m² (around 1301 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2011) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from June 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since November 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 121 m² the property is well over the postcode median (81 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1997–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £511,000 sits 59.7% above the 2007 sale of £320,000.
4 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 12 Jun 2021
Certificate validity
Expired on 12 June 2021
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4 Bedford Road has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
8 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
4 Bedford Road has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£511,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 11.1% per year over 11 years.
£320,000
Growth on file: 11.1% per year over 11 years.
23 November 2007Most recent
£320,000
+209.2%over 10 years6 March 1997
£103,500
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
37 Bedford Road, Houghton Conquest, Bedford, MK45 3LS
Sold May 2021
31 Bedford Road, Houghton Conquest, Bedford, MK45 3LS
Sold Apr 2021
4 Bedford Road outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,647
Street avg £3,513
Floor Area
121 m²
Street avg 89 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.7 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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