Barley Croft End, Sycamore Cottage, Furneux Pelham, Buntingford, SG9 0LL

Barley Croft End is an end-of-terrace house in Furneux Pelham, Buntingford, Buntingford (SG9 0LL). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in February 2011 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and main heating went from Very Poor to Poor; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 57), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.

Last sale on file: £405,000 in January 2020. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 5 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 4 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 114 m² it's 15.2% 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 70% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £508,000 is 25.4% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£330/sq ft) was about 42.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.