2 Springvale Cottages, Barton Road, Gravenhurst, Bedford, MK45 4JL

2 Springvale Cottages is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Gravenhurst, Bedford, Bedford (MK45 4JL). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 59). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 105 m² it sits well below the postcode median (159 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: May 2022 at £380,000. 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. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £423,000 is 11.3% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£336/sq ft) was about 33.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.