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

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 £457,000 is 42.8% above the 2007 sale price.