7 Lower Pond Street, Duddenhoe End, Saffron Walden, CB11 4UP

7 Lower Pond Street is a five-bedroom detached house in Duddenhoe End, Saffron Walden, Saffron Walden (CB11 4UP). It has a recorded floor area of 209 m² (around 2250 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a basement.

It hasn't traded since July 2005, a hold of 21 years that's notably long for the area. At 209 m² the property is well over the postcode median (127 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 77% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Across 2005–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at -5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £699,000 sits 267.9% above the 2005 sale of £190,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£84/sq ft) was about 59.7% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.