Birches, Skeins Way, Clavering, Saffron Walden, CB11 4PH

Birches is a detached house in Clavering, Saffron Walden, Saffron Walden (CB11 4PH). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 684 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2009) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 63). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from February 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 17 years, with the last transfer in September 2009. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. One planning record on file: a loft conversion approved in 2015. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 64 m² it's 27.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (88 m² median across 28 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £337,000 is 46.5% above the 2009 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£336/sq ft) was about 37.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.