3 The Poplars, Great Hallingbury, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7TU

3 The Poplars is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bishop's Stortford (CM22 7TU). It has a recorded floor area of 165 m² (around 1776 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2019) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in February 2014 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on oil. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility.

At 165 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2007–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £572,000 sits 70.7% above the 2014 sale of £335,000. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, new windows and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 12 years ago, in July 2014.