34 Vernon Close, Henham, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6AF

34 Vernon Close is a five-bedroom detached house in Bishop's Stortford (CM22 6AF). It has a recorded floor area of 146 m² (around 1572 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77).

Held since September 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 146 m² the property is well over the postcode median (108 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1996–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £602,000 sits 180% above the 2003 sale of £215,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£137/sq ft) was about 40.6% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.