Griffin Cottage, Hampit Road, Arkesden, Saffron Walden, CB11 4HJ

Griffin Cottage is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Arkesden, Saffron Walden, Saffron Walden (CB11 4HJ). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (April 2010) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from April 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 46 m² it sits well below the postcode median (149 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1996–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £324,000 is 39.7% above the 2011 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£469/sq ft) was about 81.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 15 years ago, in July 2011. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2020.