The Barn, Pledgdon Green, Henham, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6BN

The Barn is a detached house in Bishop's Stortford (CM22 6BN). It has a recorded floor area of 300 m² (around 3229 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since April 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 300 m² the property is well over the postcode median (191 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £877,000 sits 497.1% above the 2010 sale of £146,875. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£45/sq ft) was about 81.1% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include partial demolition and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.