1 New Barns Cottage, Anstey, Buntingford, SG9 0DN
About 1 New Barns Cottage
1 New Barns Cottage is a semi-detached house in Anstey, Buntingford, Buntingford (SG9 0DN). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1399 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2017) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Held since August 1999 — that's 27 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 £582,000 sits 198.5% above the 1999 sale of £195,000.
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
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Energy performance
1 New Barns Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 New Barns Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
5applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
1 New Barns Cottage has been held in the same hands since before 2000.
£582,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£195,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
4 August 1999Most recent
£195,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in SG9 0DN: £400,000 (2025–2000).
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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
0.2 km
New Barns Turn — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Anstey First School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB