3 Church View Close, Takeley, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6TZ

3 Church View Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Bishop's Stortford (CM22 6TZ). It has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (around 1238 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2012-2021 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2026) shows a C (score 79), near the top of the C band. Earlier certificates rated it B (December 2015); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 115 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 17 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. Today's modelled estimate of £491,000 is 34.5% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£295/sq ft) was about 32.8% below the postcode norm. On the market in December 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years.