12 Borough Lane, Saffron Walden, CB11 4AF

12 Borough Lane is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Saffron Walden (CB11 4AF). It has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (around 1238 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in March 2018 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).

At 115 m² the property is well over the postcode median (87 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2018–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£505/sq ft) was about 25.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2022 for £625,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.