4a, Bedford Road, Barton Le Clay, Bedford, MK45 4JU

4a is a detached house in Barton-Le-Clay, Bedford, Bedford (MK45 4JU). It has a recorded floor area of 155 m² (around 1668 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (August 2018) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump.

It hasn't traded since August 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 155 m² the property is well over the postcode median (73 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1999–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £477,000 sits 172.6% above the 2007 sale of £175,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£105/sq ft) was about 59.2% below the postcode norm.