Nuns Farm, Catmere End, Saffron Walden, CB11 4XG

Nuns Farm is an end-of-terrace house in Saffron Walden (CB11 4XG). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (August 2024) shows a G (score 18), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (March 2020); the latest reading is 3 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 67), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

It hasn't traded since January 1997, a hold of 29 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 99 m² it sits well below the postcode median (183 m² across 27 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. Today's modelled estimate of £725,000 sits 245.2% above the 1997 sale of £210,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£197/sq ft) was about 37.7% below the postcode norm. 23 planning records sit against the property, 13 approved, 7 refused. Past consents include solar panel installation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.