1 Brick Cottage, The Street, Furneux Pelham, Buntingford, SG9 0LD

1 Brick Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Furneux Pelham, Buntingford, Buntingford (SG9 0LD). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in May 2010 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 61), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. Period features are noted in the property record. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility.

Untraded for 29 years, with the last transfer in February 1997. 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 £397,000 sits 429.3% above the 1997 sale of £75,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£79/sq ft) was about 76.3% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 88 m² it's 22.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (113 m² median across 6 EPCs).