Chappell Cottage, Anstey, Buntingford, SG9 0BL
About Chappell Cottage
Chappell Cottage is a detached house in Anstey, Buntingford, Buntingford (SG9 0BL). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 884 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2011) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 56). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from March 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Across 1998–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £889,000 sits 53.3% above the 2013 sale of £580,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£656/sq ft) was about 126.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 82 m² it sits well below the postcode median (123 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On the market in December 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 2 refused.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Chappell Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 02 Mar 2021
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records include a part-single-part-two-storey side extension at Chappell Cottage.
- Jun 2016ExtensionHeritageIn report
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Side of property
Part single/part two storey side extension.
- Agent
- Wastell & Porter Architects Ltd
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 3/16/0841/LBC
- Jun 2016ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Part single, part two storey
Demolition of garage and construction of part single/part two storey side extension. New detached two bay garage.
- Agent
- Wastell & Porter Architects Ltd
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 3/16/0840/HH
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Chappell Cottage has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1998.
£889,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.1% per year over 15 years.
£580,000
Growth on file: 5.1% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
9 December 2013Most recent
£580,000
+26.1%over 9 years7 June 2004
£460,000
+69.4%over 5 years22 October 1998
£271,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG9 0BL: £590,000 (2023–2010).
Nearby sales in SG9 0BL
2 Cheapside, Anstey, Buntingford, SG9 0BL
Sold Feb 2023
£590,000High Hall Farm, Anstey, Buntingford, SG9 0BL
Sold Sept 2022
£900,0003 Cheapside, Anstey, Buntingford, SG9 0BL
Sold Oct 2021
£285,000Bentleys Cottage, Anstey, Buntingford, SG9 0BL
Sold Nov 2010
£645,0005 Cheapside, Anstey, Buntingford, SG9 0BL
Sold Jul 2005
£375,000
Everything we know about Chappell Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus the street
Price per m² for Chappell Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£7,065
Street avg £4,600
Floor Area
82 m²
Street avg 157 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.0 t/year
Street avg 12.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Blind Fiddler PH — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Anstey First School. 1 school nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB