The Fox, Bambers Green, Takeley, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6PB

The Fox is a detached house in Bishop's Stortford (CM22 6PB). It has a recorded floor area of 336 m² (around 3620 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2011) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 46). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from June 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 336 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). 8 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, change of use to residential and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2005–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at -2.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,087,000 is 43% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£210/sq ft) was about 32.8% below the postcode norm. Last sold in December 2017, so it's been off the market for around 8 years.