Orchard Cottage, Chipping, Buntingford, SG9 0PQ
About Orchard Cottage
Orchard Cottage is a semi-detached house in Chipping, Buntingford, Buntingford (SG9 0PQ). It has a recorded floor area of 174 m² (around 1873 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 174 m² the property is well over the postcode median (92 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £465,000 sits 69.1% above the 2021 sale of £275,000. Last sale on file: £275,000 in October 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Orchard Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Orchard Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
5applications of note in the surrounding area
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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
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£465,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£275,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
28 October 2021Most recent
£275,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG9 0PQ: £380,000 (2023–2010).
Nearby sales in SG9 0PQ
Runnels House, Chipping, Buntingford, SG9 0PQ
Sold Oct 2023
£280,000Whyte Cottage, Chipping, Buntingford, SG9 0PQ
Sold Sept 2021
£650,000Pelican Cottage, Chipping, Buntingford, SG9 0PQ
Sold Mar 2014
£380,000The Homestead, Chipping, Buntingford, SG9 0PQ
Sold Sept 2010
£300,000Popeswell, Chipping, Buntingford, SG9 0PQ
Sold Nov 2001
£276,500
Everything we know about Orchard Cottage, 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
CO₂ Emissions for Orchard Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
41 (E)
Street avg 50 (E)
Floor Area
174 m²
Street avg 108 m²
CO₂ Emissions
13.0 t/year
Street avg 6.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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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
0.3 km
The Countryman PH — bus stop.
Closest school
2.3 km
Freman College. 3 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.0dB