69 Thaxted Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3AG
About 69 Thaxted Road
69 Thaxted Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Saffron Walden (CB11 3AG). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2011) shows a G (score 16), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to F (score 37). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from March 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 60 m² it sits well below the postcode median (99 m² across 33 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. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2012. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2011–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 33.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £896,000 is 21.9% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,138/sq ft) was about 342.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 10 years since the last transfer (July 2016).
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-west-facing
- GarageYes
Energy performance
69 Thaxted Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 06 Mar 2021
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Feb 2012ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Side and rear of property
Erection of side and rear extensions, incorporating alterations to roof form and rear and front dormers.
- Documents
- 28 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/2561/11/FUL
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 69 Thaxted Road
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 2011.
£896,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 33.3% per year over 5 years.
£735,000
Growth on file: 33.3% per year over 5 years.
Sales timeline
10 July 2016Most recent
£735,000
+27.2%over 3 years29 November 2012
£578,000
+212.4%over 1 year22 September 2011
£185,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB11 3AG: £470,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in CB11 3AG
67 Thaxted Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3AG
Sold Jan 2025
£540,00073 Thaxted Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3AG
Sold Jul 2024
£470,00090 Thaxted Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3AG
Sold Dec 2023
£543,00094 Thaxted Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3AG
Sold Jun 2023
£310,00071a, Thaxted Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3AG
Sold Jan 2023
£441,250
Everything we know about 69 Thaxted Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Thaxted Road homes
69 Thaxted Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£12,250
Street avg £3,601
Floor Area
60 m²
Street avg 100 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.2 t/year
Street avg 4.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Thaxted Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Saffron Walden. 7 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB