1 Shefford Road, Clophill, Bedford, MK45 4BT

1 Shefford Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Clophill, Bedford, Bedford (MK45 4BT). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The property has an EV charger and underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since June 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.

At 74 m² it sits well below the postcode median (139 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £330,000 in February 2022. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £377,000 is 14.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£414/sq ft) was about 40.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 5 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused.