12 Arnold Close, Barton Le Clay, Bedford, MK45 4PD

12 Arnold Close is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Barton-Le-Clay, Bedford, Bedford (MK45 4PD). It has a recorded floor area of 124 m² (around 1335 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2017) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in November 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Good to Very Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).

At 124 m² the property is well over the postcode median (91 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2015–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£375/sq ft) was about 48.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £500,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.