44 South Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3DN
About 44 South Road
44 South Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Saffron Walden (CB11 3DN). It has a recorded floor area of 167 m² (around 1798 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2015) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). The latest certificate is from November 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, partial demolition and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2016–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£495/sq ft) was about 69.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £890,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
44 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 16 Nov 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- May 2017DemolitionFullIn report
Extension: Side and rear of property
Proposed demolition of existing rear extension, erection of single storey rear and side extensions and associated landscaping.
- Agent
- Model Projects
Extension- Documents
- 41 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/17/0296/HHF
- Jul 2010PorchFullIn report
Alterations to existing garage and roof over open porch
Extension- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/0852/10/FUL
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 44 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
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£889,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.8% per year over 6 years.
£890,000
Growth on file: 9.8% per year over 6 years.
Sales timeline
24 March 2022Most recent
£890,000
+67.9%over 5 years4 September 2016
£530,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB11 3DN: £785,000 (2023–2017).
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
£865,00054 South Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3DN
Sold Jun 2017
£785,000
Everything we know about 44 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
44 South Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,329
Street avg £4,209
Floor Area
167 m²
Street avg 174 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.4 t/year
Street avg 7.7 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.
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
49.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB