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.
Energy performance
8 Bedford Avenue's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 5 September 2032
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Planning history
8 Bedford Avenue has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
4 applications on record at 8 Bedford Avenue, Silsoe, Bedford, MK45 4ER
- Jun 2000ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Two storey
FULL: TWO STOREY FRONT/SIDE EXTENSION.
- Reference
- MB/00/00669/FULL
- More recent applications — locked
- Garage ConversionNov 2023Decision
- ExtensionJun 2023Decision
+ 1 more application in the report
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£786,000
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
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
181/mo
Falling 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







