4 Bell Barns, Baldock Road, Buntingford, SG9 9FE

4 Bell Barns is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Buntingford (SG9 9FE). It has a recorded floor area of 38 m² (around 407 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band B. At 38 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 8 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 36–94 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (October 2011) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from October 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 38 m² it sits well below the postcode median (81 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2008–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£471/sq ft) was about 50.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £192,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.