Jessamine Cottage, The Street, Sheering, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7LW

Jessamine Cottage is an end-of-terrace house in Bishop's Stortford (CM22 7LW). It has a recorded floor area of 160 m² (around 1722 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2017) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in April 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82).

At 160 m² the property is well over the postcode median (114 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). Last changed hands 9 years ago, in October 2017. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2013. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £717,000 is 10.3% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£377/sq ft) was about 44.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.