36 South Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3DN
About 36 South Road
36 South Road is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Saffron Walden (CB11 3DN). It has a recorded floor area of 223 m² (around 2396 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (July 2009) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The latest certificate is from July 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 16 years, with the last transfer in January 2010. At 223 m² the property is well over the postcode median (148 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £801,000 is 40.5% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£238/sq ft) was about 20.9% below the postcode norm.
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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
- Bedrooms1
Outside
- Shared gardenYes
Building
- Central heatingYes
Energy performance
36 South Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 27 Jul 2019
EPC Rating
Planning history
- May 2025Tree WorksTreesIn report
1no. Yew 1no.Plum - 1-2 metre crown reduction and prune back to near boundary
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/25/1186/TCA
- Dec 2009Change of UseFullIn report
Change of use from three residential flats to a single dwelling house
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/1364/09/FUL
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 36 South 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
36 South Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£801,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£570,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 January 2010Most recent
£570,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB11 3DN: £865,000 (2023–2022).
Nearby sales in CB11 3DN
60 South Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3DN
Sold Mar 2023
£775,00034 South Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3DN
Sold Dec 2022
£1,475,00056 South Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3DN
Sold Nov 2022
£582,50042 South Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3DN
Sold Mar 2022
£865,00044 South Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3DN
Sold Mar 2022
£890,000
Everything we know about 36 South 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 South Road homes
Habitable Rooms for 36 South Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,561
Street avg £4,422
Floor Area
223 m²
Street avg 169 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 7.5 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
0.0 km
Bell School — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Saffron Walden. 7 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB