2 Bluecoat Yard, Ware, SG12 9HL

2 Bluecoat Yard is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Ware (SG12 9HL). It has a recorded floor area of 131 m² (around 1410 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in June 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73). Main heating runs on lpg.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £688,000 is 11.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£436/sq ft) was about 46.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 131 m² the property is well over the postcode median (93 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, new windows and a basement excavation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Last sale on file: £615,000 in December 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.