15 Gilbey Cottages, Stansted Road, Elsenham, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6LH
About 15 Gilbey Cottages
15 Gilbey Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bishop's Stortford (CM22 6LH). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
At 111 m² it's 18.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (94 m² median across 10 EPCs). Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£331/sq ft) was about 28.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2021 for £395,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
- LandYes
Building
- Previously extendedYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
15 Gilbey Cottages has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
3applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
15 Gilbey Cottages has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£426,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.5% per year over 24 years.
£395,000
Growth on file: 7.5% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
31 August 2021Most recent
£395,000
+170.5%over 19 years9 May 2002
£146,000
+114.7%over 5 years24 April 1997
£68,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM22 6LH: £300,000 (2023–2013).
Nearby sales in CM22 6LH
3 Gilbey Cottages, Stansted Road, Elsenham, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6LH
Sold Oct 2023
£410,0004 Gilbey Cottages, Stansted Road, Elsenham, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6LH
Sold Jun 2021
£400,0002 Gilbey Cottages, Stansted Road, Elsenham, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6LH
Sold Jan 2016
£300,00012 Gilbey Cottages, Stansted Road, Elsenham, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6LH
Sold Jun 2014
£269,99516 Gilbey Cottages, Stansted Road, Elsenham, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6LH
Sold Nov 2004
£178,000
Everything we know about 15 Gilbey Cottages, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Stansted Road homes
15 Gilbey Cottages outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,559
Street avg £3,288
Floor Area
111 m²
Street avg 98 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.8 t/year
Street avg 3.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Leigh Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Elsenham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
47.0dB