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Get started4a is a three-bedroom detached house in Shefford (SG17 5DH). It has a recorded floor area of 202 m² (around 2174 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in December 2008 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while lighting dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81).
Untraded for 17 years, with the last transfer in March 2009. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 1.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £659,000 sits 65.8% above the 2009 sale of £397,500. At 202 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock.
The latest sale fell during the post-2008 dip, often a low-water mark in price comparisons.
£659,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.9% per year over 6 years.
£397,500
Growth on file: 1.9% per year over 6 years.
4a is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£1,968
Street avg £3,231
Floor Area
202 m²
Street avg 96 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
0.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.4dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
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20 March 2009Most recent
£397,500
+12.0%over 5 years3 April 2003
£355,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG17 5DH: £284,000 (2025–2019).
CO₂ Emissions
4.2 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
SG17 5AY
Northbridge Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Robert Bloomfield Academy. 6 schools nearby.
Flood risk
Low
From the Environment Agency.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.9dB
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