6 Duck End Close, Houghton Conquest, Bedford, MK45 3NP

6 Duck End Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Houghton Conquest, Bedford, Bedford (MK45 3NP). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2008); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). Main heating runs on lpg.

At 125 m² it sits well below the postcode median (204 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£409/sq ft) was about 130.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2022 for £550,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.