17 Quicksie Hill, Arkesden, Saffron Walden, CB11 4HE
About 17 Quicksie Hill
17 Quicksie Hill is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Arkesden, Saffron Walden, Saffron Walden (CB11 4HE). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views and attached land beyond the plot.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£432/sq ft) was about 71.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £460,000 in August 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2024.
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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
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- GarageYes
- LandYes
- Notable viewsYes
Energy performance
17 Quicksie Hill sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Dec 2024ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Proposed single storey front and rear extensions.
- Agent
- Alun Design Consultancy
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/24/3184/HHF
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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.
£457,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£460,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
16 August 2022Most recent
£460,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB11 4HE: £425,000 (2022–2016).
Nearby sales in CB11 4HE
15 Quicksie Hill, Arkesden, Saffron Walden, CB11 4HE
Sold Aug 2022
£490,00011 Quicksie Hill, Arkesden, Saffron Walden, CB11 4HE
Sold Feb 2022
£425,0001 Quicksie Hill, Arkesden, Saffron Walden, CB11 4HE
Sold Nov 2017
£600,0008 Quicksie Hill, Arkesden, Saffron Walden, CB11 4HE
Sold Aug 2016
£305,0002 Quicksie Hill, Arkesden, Saffron Walden, CB11 4HE
Sold Feb 2016
£382,000
Everything we know about 17 Quicksie Hill, 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 Quicksie Hill homes
EPC Rating for 17 Quicksie Hill lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,646
Street avg £2,830
Floor Area
99 m²
Street avg 117 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.2 t/year
Street avg 6.1 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
0.6 km
The Gap — bus stop.
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
42.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB