MK42 0SQ
Last sold £58,000 in June 1999
8, Violet Close, Bedford
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Bedrooms
- 2 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 570 sq ft / 53 sq m
- EPC rating
- C
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Price history in context
- Jun 1999 — £58,000 · +14.9% · 12 pts behind the UK market
- Dec 1996 — £50,500
What this home might be worth today
£224,000
Estimate range £213,000–£235,000
+286.2% since June 1999 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid in line with the local norm
vs 82 nearby sales within a year · 2-bed (est.) semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Bedford Academy 652m
- Elstow School 1.5km
- Bedford St Johns station 2.1km
- Exeter Wood 4.6km
- The coast (coastline) 39.2km
- Lake 936m
- Pond 1.0km
- River Ivel Navigation 11.8km
- River Great Ouse 963m
- Public Park 74m
- Play Area 112m
- Premier 197m
- Harrowden Road Shops (O/S) 217m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data
Commute by train
From Bedford St Johns, 2.1km away
- 56 min London
- 107 min Cambridge
- 115 min Nottingham
Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.
Schools nearby
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 159 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 3, Violet Close, Bedford £161,000 · 2006
- 5, Violet Close, Bedford £149,000 · 2006
- 12, Violet Close, Bedford £197,100 · 2007
- 7, Violet Close, Bedford £140,000 · 2012
- 6, Violet Close, Bedford £87,000 · 2002
- 4, Violet Close, Bedford £125,000 · 2004
Planning activity nearby
- Undecided Single storey rear extension Jun 2026 source
- Undecided Single storey rear extension Jul 2026 source
- Permitted Certificate to confirm that the details submitted do not require planning permission… Jan 2026 source
- Permitted Certificate to confirm that the details submitted do not require planning permission… Oct 2025 source
- Undecided Erection of outbuilding in rear garden May 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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