42 South Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3DN

42 South Road is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Saffron Walden (CB11 3DN). It has a recorded floor area of 180 m² (around 1938 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in May 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Very Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).

4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 180 m² it's 21.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (148 m² median across 13 EPCs). Across 2013–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£446/sq ft) was about 49.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2022 for £865,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.