57 Rylstone Way, Saffron Walden, CB11 3BL
About 57 Rylstone Way
57 Rylstone Way is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Saffron Walden (CB11 3BL). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2022) returns a B (score 83), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in May 2015 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average.
At 116 m² the property is well over the postcode median (85 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£360/sq ft) was about 62.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £450,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
Building
- Central heatingYes
Energy performance
57 Rylstone Way ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency improved
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Solar PV panels (50 kWp) installed
Planning history
57 Rylstone Way has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
- Jul 2015ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Proposed single storey extension
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/15/1734/HHF
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£470,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.0% per year over 15 years.
£450,000
Growth on file: 4.0% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
21 August 2022Most recent
£450,000
+83.7%over 15 years29 March 2007
£245,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB11 3BL: £365,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in CB11 3BL
5 Rylstone Way, Saffron Walden, CB11 3BL
Sold Oct 2025
£365,00025 Rylstone Way, Saffron Walden, CB11 3BL
Sold Jul 2025
£450,00071 Rylstone Way, Saffron Walden, CB11 3BL
Sold May 2024
£390,00039 Rylstone Way, Saffron Walden, CB11 3BL
Sold May 2023
£345,0003 Rylstone Way, Saffron Walden, CB11 3BL
Sold Feb 2021
£327,500
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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 Rylstone Way homes
57 Rylstone Way outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,879
Street avg £3,536
Floor Area
116 m²
Street avg 105 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.6 t/year
Street avg 3.9 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
0.6 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
46.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.8dB