34 Pleasant Valley, Saffron Walden, CB11 4AP
About 34 Pleasant Valley
34 Pleasant Valley is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Saffron Walden (CB11 4AP). It has a recorded floor area of 142 m² (around 1528 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 142 m² the property is well over the postcode median (85 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2016–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £899,000 is 17.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£500/sq ft) was about 126.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £765,000. 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
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
- GarageYes
Energy performance
34 Pleasant Valley'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 05 Oct 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
34 Pleasant Valley has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Jul 2016ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed single storey rear extension.
- Agent
- Hibbs and Walsh Associates Ltd
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/16/1476/HHF
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 34 Pleasant Valley
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.
£899,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.9% per year over 5 years.
£765,000
Growth on file: 5.9% per year over 5 years.
Sales timeline
10 June 2021Most recent
£765,000
+36.6%over 5 years8 January 2016
£560,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB11 4AP: £640,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in CB11 4AP
22 Pleasant Valley, Saffron Walden, CB11 4AP
Sold Aug 2025
£450,00020 Pleasant Valley, Saffron Walden, CB11 4AP
Sold Dec 2024
£640,00018a, Pleasant Valley, Saffron Walden, CB11 4AP
Sold Sept 2024
£850,00010 Pleasant Valley, Saffron Walden, CB11 4AP
Sold May 2024
£359,0008 Pleasant Valley, Saffron Walden, CB11 4AP
Sold Sept 2022
£650,000
Everything we know about 34 Pleasant Valley, 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 Pleasant Valley homes
34 Pleasant Valley is notably below the street on co₂ emissions.
Price per m²
£5,387
Street avg £3,912
Floor Area
142 m²
Street avg 116 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.6 t/year
Street avg 4.7 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
0.1 km
The Crocus — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Katherine Semar Junior School. 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
47.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.3dB