Dove Cottage, Silver Street, Anstey, Buntingford, SG9 0DH
About Dove Cottage
Dove Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Anstey, Buntingford, Buntingford (SG9 0DH). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1119 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (August 2025) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
6 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch, partial demolition and solar panel installation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £721,000 is 10.9% above the 2021 sale price. Last sale on file: £650,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
- CloakroomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- LandYes
Building
- Listed buildingYes
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Dove Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
A new windows application was refused at Dove Cottage in 2022.
- Feb 2025ConditionsIn report
Discharge of condition 5 (archaeological work) of planning approval 3/23/0558/HH
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- X/25/0040/CND
- Jan 2025ConditionsIn report
Discharge condition 3 (external materials of construction) attached to 3/23/0558/HH
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- X/24/0547/CND
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£721,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£650,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
30 March 2021Most recent
£650,000
Median price across the last 2 sales in SG9 0DH: £344,500 (2013–1996).
Everything we know about Dove 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
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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
0.6 km
New Barns Turn — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Anstey First School. 2 schools 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
42.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB