17 Lee Close, Stanstead Abbotts, Ware, SG12 8JN

17 Lee Close is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Stanstead Abbotts, Ware, Ware (SG12 8JN). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. At 53 m² this is the 42nd smallest of 44 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 33–54 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (52 versus a best of 79). Other recorded features include notable views and a loft. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (January 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 1.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£491/sq ft) was about 58.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 53 m² it's 15.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (46 m² median across 43 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £280,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.