Lantern Cottage, Carneles Green, Broxbourne, EN10 7QB

Lantern Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Broxbourne (EN10 7QB). It has a recorded floor area of 219 m² (around 2357 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2024) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in May 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).

At 219 m² the property is well over the postcode median (126 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £1,046,000 sits 53.8% above the 2015 sale of £680,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£288/sq ft) was about 43% below the postcode norm. 8 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in January 2015.