3 Malting Cottages, Deynes Road, Debden, Saffron Walden, CB11 3LQ

3 Malting Cottages is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Debden, Saffron Walden, Saffron Walden (CB11 3LQ). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2015) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from December 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since August 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Across 2002–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £257,000 is 42.8% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£334/sq ft) was about 18.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.