Ean Cottage, The Street, Sheering, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7LX
About Ean Cottage
Ean Cottage is a detached house in Bishop's Stortford (CM22 7LX). It has a recorded floor area of 149 m² (around 1604 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 61). The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 149 m² it's 19.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (185 m² median across 7 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Across 2007–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £861,000 is 24.8% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£430/sq ft) was about 65.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 11 years since the last transfer (September 2015).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Ean Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Nov 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
Ean Cottage has 3 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Oct 2015ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Two storey rear extension.
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- EPF/1975/15
- Oct 2014ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Two storey rear extension.
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- EPF/2076/14
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Ean Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£861,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.9% per year over 8 years.
£690,000
Growth on file: 1.9% per year over 8 years.
Sales timeline
2 September 2015Most recent
£690,000
+16.0%over 8 years13 August 2007
£595,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM22 7LX: £932,500 (2023–2019).
Nearby sales in CM22 7LX
Hawthorns, The Street, Sheering, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7LX
Sold Apr 2023
£750,000Linton House, The Street, Sheering, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7LX
Sold Sept 2022
£860,000Street Farm House, The Street, Sheering, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7LX
Sold Apr 2022
£975,000Oak Cottage, The Street, Sheering, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7LX
Sold Mar 2021
£1,020,000Richmond House, The Street, Sheering, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7LX
Sold Nov 2019
£932,500
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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 The Street homes
On epc rating, Ean Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,631
Street avg £3,789
Floor Area
149 m²
Street avg 197 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.7 t/year
Street avg 7.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
The Crown — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Sheering Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
46.0dB