Barley Croft End, 2 Sunnyside Cottages, Furneux Pelham, Buntingford, SG9 0LL
About Barley Croft End
Barley Croft End is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Furneux Pelham, Buntingford, Buntingford (SG9 0LL). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a G (score 18), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 96 m² it's 28.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (135 m² median across 10 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Across 1995–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £642,000 is 16.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£532/sq ft) was about 118.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 4 refused. Last sale on file: £550,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- StudyYes
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageDetached
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Barley Croft End's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Oct 2012FullIn report
Change of use of agricultural land to create additional external storage area within B8 use (storage or distribution) for existing wood recycling business, including re-grading of site levels, construction of landscaped bunds and surface water reservoir. Amendment to application in respect of a revised site area and supporting documents.
- Agent
- Contour Planning Services Limited
- Documents
- 32 docs on file
- Reference
- 3/12/0184/FP
- Sept 2009ConditionsIn report
Variation of condition 10 of planning permission LPA ref 3/99/0081/FP to allow open storage to be increased from 3.6 to 5.8 metres high across site on a temporary basis for 18 months
- Agent
- Capita Symonds Limited
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 3/09/1053/FO
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at Barley Croft End
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Price for Barley Croft End has grown more than fourfold since the 1995 starting point.
£642,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.2% per year over 26 years.
£550,000
Growth on file: 6.2% per year over 26 years.
Sales timeline
30 March 2021Most recent
£550,000
+185.7%over 21 years29 September 1999
£192,500
+28.3%over 2 years28 September 1997
£150,000
+28.8%over 2 years11 June 1995
£116,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG9 0LL: £635,000 (2024–2020).
Nearby sales in SG9 0LL
Strawberry Fields, Furneux Pelham, Buntingford, SG9 0LL
Sold Apr 2024
£635,000Chapel House, Furneux Pelham, Buntingford, SG9 0LL
Sold Sept 2021
£750,000Hill Cottage, Furneux Pelham, Buntingford, SG9 0LL
Sold Aug 2020
£720,000Barley Croft End, Sycamore Cottage, Furneux Pelham, Buntingford, SG9 0LL
Sold Jan 2020
£405,000Fairview, Furneux Pelham, Buntingford, SG9 0LL
Sold Jan 2020
£765,000
Everything we know about Barley Croft End, 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 Barley Croft End runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,729
Street avg £3,044
Floor Area
96 m²
Street avg 131 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 7.6 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
0.1 km
Brewery Tap PH — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Furneux Pelham Church of England 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
44.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB