165 Thaxted Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3BJ
About 165 Thaxted Road
165 Thaxted Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Saffron Walden (CB11 3BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 157 m² (around 1690 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2016) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
At 157 m² the property is well over the postcode median (107 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include new windows and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2007–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £694,000 is 27.3% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£322/sq ft) was about 23% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in January 2017, so it's been off the market for around 9 years.
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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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- StudyYes
- ConservatoryYes
Energy performance
165 Thaxted Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
165 Thaxted Road has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Oct 2018FullIn report
Proposed dropped kerb.
- Agent
- Purely Planning Ltd
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/18/2215/HHF
- Jun 2018RenovationOutlineIn report
Proposed new window in rear ground floor elevation
- Agent
- Purely Planning Ltd
New Windows- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/18/1399/CLP
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 165 Thaxted Road
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
165 Thaxted Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£694,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.0% per year over 9 years.
£545,000
Growth on file: 5.0% per year over 9 years.
Sales timeline
6 January 2017Most recent
£545,000
+58.0%over 9 years13 August 2007
£345,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB11 3BJ: £454,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in CB11 3BJ
161 Thaxted Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3BJ
Sold Aug 2025
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Sold Jun 2025
£454,000155 Thaxted Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3BJ
Sold Aug 2023
£602,500132 Thaxted Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3BJ
Sold Jun 2020
£350,000144 Thaxted Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3BJ
Sold Jun 2020
£377,000
Everything we know about 165 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
165 Thaxted Road outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,471
Street avg £3,154
Floor Area
157 m²
Street avg 110 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.3 t/year
Street avg 4.8 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
0.2 km
Peaslands 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
47.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.0dB