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

5 Bell Barns is an end-of-terrace house in Buntingford (SG9 9FE). It has a recorded floor area of 36 m² (around 388 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band B. At 36 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (36–94 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (61 versus a best of 76). The latest certificate (October 2021) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (October 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 36 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). Across 2008–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£475/sq ft) was about 51.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2021 for £184,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.