8 Bedford Avenue, Silsoe, Bedford, MK45 4ER
About 8 Bedford Avenue
8 Bedford Avenue is a detached house in Silsoe, Bedford, Bedford (MK45 4ER). It has a recorded floor area of 158 m² (around 1701 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).
4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion, new windows and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 158 m² it's 20.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (131 m² median across 25 EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£441/sq ft) was about 103.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2022 at £750,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
8 Bedford Avenue's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
8 Bedford Avenue has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Nov 2023Garage ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Rear of property
New flat roof to rear extension with roof light, part conversion of garage and replacement, alterations to doors and windows
ExtensionNew Windows- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- CB/23/03139/FULL
- Jun 2023ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Rear of property
New flat roof to existing rear extension, including roof light and corner glazed doors and part garage conversion
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- CB/23/01484/FULL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£750,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£750,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
5 December 2022Most recent
£750,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK45 4ER: £510,000 (2022–2018).
Nearby sales in MK45 4ER
5 Bedford Avenue, Silsoe, Bedford, MK45 4ER
Sold Oct 2022
£795,00010 Bedford Avenue, Silsoe, Bedford, MK45 4ER
Sold Mar 2021
£510,0008a, Bedford Avenue, Silsoe, Bedford, MK45 4ER
Sold Dec 2020
£455,0006 Bedford Avenue, Silsoe, Bedford, MK45 4ER
Sold Aug 2018
£620,0003 Bedford Avenue, Silsoe, Bedford, MK45 4ER
Sold Jun 2018
£575,000
Everything we know about 8 Bedford Avenue, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Bedford Avenue homes
On price per m², 8 Bedford Avenue stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,747
Street avg £3,019
Floor Area
158 m²
Street avg 142 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.0 t/year
Street avg 6.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
The George — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Silsoe CofE VC Lower School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.3dB