Chestnut Cottage, Cambridge Road, Ugley, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6HT

Chestnut Cottage is a detached house in Bishop's Stortford (CM22 6HT). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since July 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 60).

Most recent transfer: April 2021 at £264,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 8 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 107 m² it's 25.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (144 m² median across 6 EPCs). Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £374,000 is 41.7% above the 2021 sale price.