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

5 Bedford Road is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Barton-Le-Clay, Bedford, Bedford (MK45 4JU). It has a recorded floor area of 62 m² (around 667 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in February 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 89).

At 62 m² it's 25.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (83 m² median across 18 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 72% of similar EPCs). Across 2005–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £306,000 is 13.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£405/sq ft) was about 78.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £270,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.