Colvins, Canfield Road, Takeley, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6ST

Colvins is a semi-detached house in Bishop's Stortford (CM22 6ST). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1399 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.

It changed hands recently, sold May 2025 for £485,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 130 m² it's 25.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (175 m² median across 16 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs). Across 2004–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£347/sq ft) was about 25.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.