18 West Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3DS
About 18 West Road
18 West Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Saffron Walden (CB11 3DS). It has a recorded floor area of 122 m² (around 1315 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2010) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 45). The latest certificate is from April 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a basement.
It hasn't traded since November 2010, a hold of 16 years that's notably long for the area. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 90% of similar EPCs). Across 2004–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £736,000 is 33.8% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£418/sq ft) was about 51.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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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
- Bedrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- BasementYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Energy performance
18 West 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 11 Apr 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
18 West Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- May 2015ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension including alteration to roof on existing single storey extension
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/15/0817/HHF
- Jul 2010Tree WorksTreesIn report
Fell 8 No Trees
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- UTT/1137/10/TCA
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 18 West 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
- Recent ownership pattern worth a look
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Sales history & valuation
18 West Road changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£736,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.2% per year over 6 years.
£550,000
Growth on file: 7.2% per year over 6 years.
Sales timeline
26 November 2010Most recent
£550,000
+51.7%11 July 2010
£362,634
+3.6%over 6 years9 June 2004
£350,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB11 3DS: £600,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in CB11 3DS
Everything we know about 18 West 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
- Recent ownership pattern worth a look
Versus other West Road homes
On epc rating, 18 West Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,502
Street avg £4,100
Floor Area
122 m²
Street avg 160 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 8.0 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
0.1 km
Station Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
R A Butler Infant School. 7 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.0dB