1 Maple Cottages, Hampit Road, Arkesden, Saffron Walden, CB11 4HJ

1 Maple Cottages is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Arkesden, Saffron Walden, Saffron Walden (CB11 4HJ). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2012 onwards and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. Earlier certificates rated it B (April 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, main heating went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 79 m² it sits well below the postcode median (149 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 2017–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £280,000 is 20.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£273/sq ft) was about 22.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 2 refused. Sold January 2022 for £232,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.