Catbells, High Street, Flitton, Bedford, MK45 5DU
About Catbells
Catbells is a detached house in Flitton, Bedford, Bedford (MK45 5DU). It has a recorded floor area of 214 m² (around 2303 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (January 2024) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). Main heating runs on oil.
Untraded for 29 years, with the last transfer in July 1997. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £894,000 sits 306.4% above the 1997 sale of £220,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£96/sq ft) was about 59.8% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 214 m² it's 28% larger than the typical home in the postcode (167 m² median across 16 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Catbells's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Catbells has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
- Aug 2003ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
FULL: Single storey side extension.
- Reference
- MB/03/01234/FULL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Catbells's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1997).
£894,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£220,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
28 July 1997Most recent
£220,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK45 5DU: £510,000 (2024–2016).
Nearby sales in MK45 5DU
9c, High Street, Flitton, Bedford, MK45 5DU
Sold Aug 2024
£1,100,000Homelands, High Street, Flitton, Bedford, MK45 5DU
Sold Mar 2020
£510,0003 High Street, Flitton, Bedford, MK45 5DU
Sold Jul 2019
£942,5002 High Street, Flitton, Bedford, MK45 5DU
Sold Oct 2017
£500,00011 High Street, Flitton, Bedford, MK45 5DU
Sold Dec 2016
£495,000
Everything we know about Catbells, 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 High Street homes
Price per m² for Catbells lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,028
Street avg £3,187
Floor Area
214 m²
Street avg 167 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 5.7 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
Cobbett Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Greenfield CofE VC Lower School. 6 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB