5 Parkside, Gravenhurst, Bedford, MK45 4JJ
About 5 Parkside
5 Parkside is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Gravenhurst, Bedford, Bedford (MK45 4JJ). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1070 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2011) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 55). Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from May 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Last changed hands 10 years ago, in June 2016. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 99 m² it's 17% larger than the typical home in the postcode (85 m² median across 14 EPCs). Across 1995–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £368,000 is 32.6% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£259/sq ft) was about 26.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenFront
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
5 Parkside's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 06 May 2021
EPC Rating
Planning history
5 Parkside has an approved single-storey front extension on the planning record.
- Sept 2019ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Front of property
Single storey front extension involving alterations to rear elevation
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- CB/19/02238/FULL
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Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 5 Parkside has grown more than fourfold since the 1995 starting point.
£368,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.6% per year over 21 years.
£277,500
Growth on file: 7.6% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
29 June 2016Most recent
£277,500
+66.2%over 4 years10 May 2012
£167,000
+7.7%over 7 years22 December 2004
£155,000
+158.4%over 9 years6 July 1995
£59,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK45 4JJ: £361,500 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in MK45 4JJ
27a, Parkside, Gravenhurst, Bedford, MK45 4JJ
Sold Feb 2025
£407,0009 Parkside, Gravenhurst, Bedford, MK45 4JJ
Sold Nov 2024
£305,00015 Parkside, Gravenhurst, Bedford, MK45 4JJ
Sold Apr 2023
£361,5003 Parkside, Gravenhurst, Bedford, MK45 4JJ
Sold Dec 2022
£429,00025 Parkside, Gravenhurst, Bedford, MK45 4JJ
Sold Sept 2017
£312,000
Everything we know about 5 Parkside, 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 Parkside homes
5 Parkside outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,791
Street avg £3,257
Floor Area
99 m²
Street avg 93 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.4 t/year
Street avg 3.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Parkside — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Gravenhurst Academy. 4 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB