1 Bulse Farm Cottage, Duck Street, Wendens Ambo, Saffron Walden, CB11 4JU

1 Bulse Farm Cottage is a semi-detached house in Wendens Ambo, Saffron Walden, Saffron Walden (CB11 4JU). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 732 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2024) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in July 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good, lighting went from Good to Very Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 113), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 68 m² it sits well below the postcode median (147 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 6 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£444/sq ft) was about 72.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 8 years since the last transfer (December 2017).