Braintris House, Crabbs Green, Hatfield Broad Oak, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7JU
About Braintris House
Braintris House is a detached house in Bishop's Stortford (CM22 7JU). It has a recorded floor area of 270 m² (around 2906 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (May 2024) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Untraded for 29 years, with the last transfer in September 1997. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 270 m² the property is well over the postcode median (75 m² across 7 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 £1,672,000 sits 178.7% above the 1997 sale of £600,000. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Braintris House sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
A recent planning application at Braintris House was refused — worth checking the council file.
- Jan 2023OutbuildingFullIn report
Proposed new pool house
- Agent
- John Perrin & Sons Ltd
- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/22/3377/HHF
- Jun 2022OutbuildingFullIn report
Proposed pool house to replace existing pool house
- Agent
- John Perrin & Sons Ltd
- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/22/1276/HHF
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at Braintris House
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
Braintris House has been held in the same hands since before 2000.
£1,672,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£600,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
28 September 1997Most recent
£600,000
Median price across the last 3 sales in CM22 7JU: £660,000 (2014–1997).
Everything we know about Braintris 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 Crabbs Green homes
EPC Rating for Braintris House lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
36 (F)
Street avg 52 (E)
Floor Area
270 m²
Street avg 135 m²
CO₂ Emissions
17.0 t/year
Street avg 8.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
11 rooms
Street avg 5 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
0.8 km
Barrington Hall — bus stop.
Closest school
1.4 km
St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hatfield Broad Oak. 1 school nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.4dB