3 Slate Cottages, High Lane, Sheering, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7NT

3 Slate Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bishop's Stortford (CM22 7NT). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2022) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2011 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Poor; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on dual fuel. Period features are noted in the property record.

Today's modelled estimate of £325,000 sits 85.7% above the 2011 sale of £175,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£319/sq ft) was about 30.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 51 m² it sits well below the postcode median (77 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Last changed hands 15 years ago, in July 2011.