Old Vicarage Cottage, Ickleton Road, Elmdon, Saffron Walden, CB11 4LT

Old Vicarage Cottage is a detached house in Elmdon, Saffron Walden, Saffron Walden (CB11 4LT). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 4 certificates since September 2018. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 95), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 116 m² it's 24.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (154 m² median across 23 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £509,000 is 25.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£324/sq ft) was about 47.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Sold April 2021 for £405,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.