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Get started88a is a detached house in Shefford (SG17 5AN). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since August 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £400,000 is 14.3% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£310/sq ft) was about 34.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 105 m² it's 22.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (86 m² median across 25 EPCs). Last sold in March 2017, so it's been off the market for around 9 years. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Change of Use: Of existing outbuilding to use Class A1 as a Hair Salon, re-roofing and external alterations.
88a has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£400,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.9% per year over 20 years.
£350,000
Growth on file: 7.9% per year over 20 years.
Price per m²
£3,333
Street avg £3,671
Floor Area
105 m²
Street avg 97 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.2dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Window efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Full: Change of use from residential to A2 (Business use).
30 March 2017Most recent
£350,000
+75.0%over 11 years11 November 2005
£200,000
+166.7%over 8 years20 December 1996
£75,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG17 5AN: £316,500 (2025–2024).
CO₂ Emissions
4.7 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
Purcell Way — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Samuel Whitbread Academy. 7 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.1dB
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