12 Orchard Close, Meppershall, Shefford, SG17 5LW

12 Orchard Close is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Meppershall, Shefford, Shefford (SG17 5LW). It has a recorded floor area of 147 m² (around 1582 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £491,000 is 15.5% above the 2021 sale price. At 147 m² the property is well over the postcode median (90 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £425,000 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.