Easter Cottage, Chickney Road, Henham, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6BG

Easter Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bishop's Stortford (CM22 6BG). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1141 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (March 2016) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 96), a 5-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

A recent sale: £625,000 in January 2025. At 106 m² it sits well below the postcode median (221 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2016–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£548/sq ft) was about 118.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.