Oak Tree House, The Street, Takeley, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6QP
About Oak Tree House
Oak Tree House is a detached house in Bishop's Stortford (CM22 6QP). It has a recorded floor area of 285 m² (around 3068 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82).
At 285 m² the property is well over the postcode median (113 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£309/sq ft) was about 28.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold February 2021 for £947,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Oak Tree House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Oct 2007Tree WorksTreesIn report
"To coppice at ground level 3 no Ash multistemmed.To coppice 2 no. Ash single stem. To fell to ground level 1 no. Hawthorn (dead)."
- Reference
- UTT/1643/07/TPO
- Sept 2006RenovationFullIn report
Dropped kerb access
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/1213/06/FUL
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Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£1,026,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£947,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
3 February 2021Most recent
£947,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM22 6QP: £625,000 (2022–2009).
Nearby sales in CM22 6QP
Woodleigh House, The Street, Takeley, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6QP
Sold Mar 2022
£1,100,000Laburnum Lodge, The Street, Takeley, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6QP
Sold Jun 2010
£305,000Briarwood, The Street, Takeley, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6QP
Sold Dec 2009
£240,000Twin Ash, The Street, Takeley, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6QP
Sold Apr 2009
£435,000Ashbury House, The Street, Takeley, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6QP
Sold Aug 2007
£492,000
Everything we know about Oak Tree House, 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 The Street homes
Oak Tree House outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,325
Street avg £2,939
Floor Area
285 m²
Street avg 144 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.5 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
The Old Mill — bus stop.
Closest school
2.3 km
Roseacres Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.5dB