4 Applewood, Buntingford, SG9 9GF
About 4 Applewood
4 Applewood is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Buntingford (SG9 9GF). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2012-2021 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2026) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. Earlier certificates rated it B (December 2015); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.
At 76 m² it sits well below the postcode median (151 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2016–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£513/sq ft) was about 36.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £420,000 in September 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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
4 Applewood sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
4 Applewood has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
4applications 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.
£450,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.1% per year over 5 years.
£420,000
Growth on file: 9.1% per year over 5 years.
Sales timeline
2 September 2021Most recent
£420,000
+61.5%over 5 years11 March 2016
£260,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG9 9GF: £610,000 (2023–2015).
Everything we know about 4 Applewood, 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 other Applewood homes
4 Applewood outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,526
Street avg £4,224
Floor Area
76 m²
Street avg 148 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.7 t/year
Street avg 2.0 t/year
Years Held
5 years
Street avg 8 years
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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
0.2 km
Norris Way — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Freman College. 5 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
48.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.2dB