Lincewood Cottage, Dunmow Road, Hatfield Broad Oak, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7JJ
About Lincewood Cottage
Lincewood Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Bishop's Stortford (CM22 7JJ). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 125 m² the property is well over the postcode median (66 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£446/sq ft) was about 39% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: April 2022 at £600,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2022.
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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
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- GarageIntegral
Energy performance
Lincewood Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Aug 2022RenovationFullIn report
Alterations to the front elevation and internal changes.
- Agent
- Three Square Design Ltd
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/22/1896/HHF
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at Lincewood Cottage
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.
£635,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£600,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
6 April 2022Most recent
£600,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM22 7JJ: £420,000 (2021–2008).
Nearby sales in CM22 7JJ
The Cottage, Dunmow Road, Hatfield Broad Oak, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7JJ
Sold Dec 2021
£1,012,500Freshwaters, Dunmow Road, Hatfield Broad Oak, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7JJ
Sold Jun 2012
£420,0003 Dunmow Road, Hatfield Broad Oak, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7JJ
Sold May 2010
£279,000Brambley Hedge, Dunmow Road, Hatfield Broad Oak, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7JJ
Sold Jul 2008
£250,0002 Dunmow Road, Hatfield Broad Oak, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7JJ
Sold Oct 2003
£171,000
Everything we know about Lincewood Cottage, 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 Dunmow Road homes
Lincewood Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
53 (E)
Street avg 59 (D)
Floor Area
125 m²
Street avg 66 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.2 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
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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 Dukes Head — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hatfield Broad Oak. 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
44.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.8dB