24 Church Field, Saffron Walden, CB11 4BG

24 Church Field is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Saffron Walden (CB11 4BG). It has a recorded floor area of 39 m² (around 420 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. At 39 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 37 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 35–100 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (August 2025) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since November 2014. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 39 m² it sits well below the postcode median (59 m² across 36 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £148,000 is 18.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£298/sq ft) was about 62.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £125,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.