The White House, Hare Street, Buntingford, SG9 0DX

The White House is a detached house in Hare Street, Buntingford, Buntingford (SG9 0DX). It has a recorded floor area of 194 m² (around 2088 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (September 2015) shows a G (score 18), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it F (September 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 61), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 7 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include new windows, an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£593/sq ft) was about 171% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2022 for £1,238,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.