13 Gold Close, Elsenham, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6JR

13 Gold Close is a semi-detached house in Bishop's Stortford (CM22 6JR). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (May 2013); the latest reading is one band 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 C (score 80), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 107 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. On the market in June 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2001–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £396,000 is 38.9% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£247/sq ft) was about 24.6% below the postcode norm.