4 The Grove, Great Hallingbury, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7TT

4 The Grove is a semi-detached house in Bishop's Stortford (CM22 7TT). It has a recorded floor area of 143 m² (around 1539 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

It hasn't traded since August 1996, a hold of 30 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 143 m² the property is well over the postcode median (97 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £551,000 sits 451% above the 1996 sale of £100,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£65/sq ft) was about 80.1% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.