5 Home Close, Houghton Conquest, Bedford, MK45 3NH

5 Home Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Houghton Conquest, Bedford, Bedford (MK45 3NH). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since February 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 93 m² the property is well over the postcode median (56 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2013. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2010–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £409,000 is 19.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£342/sq ft) was about 24.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: May 2021 at £342,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.