19 West Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3DS
About 19 West Road
19 West Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Saffron Walden (CB11 3DS). It has a recorded floor area of 134 m² (around 1442 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£496/sq ft) was about 79.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £715,000 in November 2022. 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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
Building
- Period featuresYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
19 West Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water system upgraded
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Planning history
- Apr 2013Loft ConversionFullIn report
Loft conversion with installation of 2 No. pitched roof dormers to principal elevation and erection of rear dormer
- Agent
- Charles Nash Design & Management Services
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/13/0566/HHF
- Jan 2010Tree WorksTreesIn report
Reduce 1 No Silver Birch by 40%. Reshape.
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- UTT/0009/10/TCA
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Sales history & valuation
19 West Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.
£720,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.7% per year over 23 years.
£715,000
Growth on file: 10.7% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
17 November 2022Most recent
£715,000
+88.2%over 13 years27 July 2009
£380,000
+463.0%over 9 years12 August 1999
£67,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB11 3DS: £600,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in CB11 3DS
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What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other West Road homes
Price per m² for 19 West Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,336
Street avg £4,060
Floor Area
134 m²
Street avg 159 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.0 t/year
Street avg 8.2 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