High Acre, Catmere End, Saffron Walden, CB11 4XG

High Acre is a detached house in Saffron Walden (CB11 4XG). It has a recorded floor area of 301 m² (around 3240 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in April 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on oil.

At 301 m² the property is well over the postcode median (180 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2010–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£409/sq ft) was about 29.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £1,325,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.