55 Shortmead Street, Biggleswade, SG18 0BB

55 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.