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Get started55 Shortmead Street is a two-bedroom detached house in Biggleswade (SG18 0BB). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 513 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. The latest certificate (October 2010) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 44). The latest certificate is from October 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £332,000 is 16.5% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£555/sq ft) was about 99.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 48 m² it sits well below the postcode median (73 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Most recent transfer: July 2018 at £285,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.
55 Shortmead Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 07 Oct 2020
55 Shortmead Street has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
Extension: Rear of property
Listed Building Consent: Single storey extension to rear and repair and conservation of existing dwelling
55 Shortmead Street has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2005.
£332,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.4% per year over 13 years.
£285,000
Growth on file: 5.4% per year over 13 years.
On price per m², 55 Shortmead Street stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£5,975
Street avg £3,334
Floor Area
48 m²
Street avg 97 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.1 t/year
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Ivel Bury — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.9dB

Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Full: Single storey extension to rear and general repair to building.
24 July 2018Most recent
£285,000
+54.1%over 4 years13 December 2013
£185,000
+5.7%over 7 years24 November 2006
£175,000
+24.1%over 1 year2 March 2005
£141,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG18 0BB: £255,000 (2025–2022).
65 Shortmead Street Biggleswade
Sold May 2025
Millennium House Flat 1 85 Shortmead Street Biggleswade
Sold Nov 2024
Millennium House Flat 2 85 Shortmead Street Biggleswade
Sold Oct 2023
Millennium House Flat 6 85 Shortmead Street Biggleswade
Sold Nov 2022
77 Shortmead Street Biggleswade
Sold Aug 2022
Street avg 2.3 t/year
Years Held
8 years
Street avg 4 years
SG18 0NQ
Closest school
0.2 km
St Andrew's CofE VC Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.2dB
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