9 Barley Rise, Baldock, SG7 6RT

9 Barley Rise is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Baldock (SG7 6RT). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 95), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal.

Held since January 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £215,000 sits 532.4% above the 1997 sale of £34,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£75/sq ft) was about 69.1% below the postcode norm. At 42 m² it's 22.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (54 m² median across 36 EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.