1 Lilac Cottages, Cottered, Buntingford, SG9 9PU
About 1 Lilac Cottages
1 Lilac Cottages is a semi-detached house in Cottered, Buntingford, Buntingford (SG9 9PU). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2025) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 42). Main heating runs on lpg.
2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 2 refused.
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Planning history
- Apr 2013OutbuildingFullIn report
Installation of a new plastic bunded oil storage tank for supply to oil fired central heating boiler. Tank capacity 1360 litres, length 1880mm, width 1370mm, height 1370mm. Tank sitting on a 130mm concete base with suitable hardcore. Base dim 2m long, 1.5m wide.
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 3/13/0531/FP
- Apr 2013RenovationHeritageIn report
Installation of an external oil fire central (combi) heating boiler. Dim. Height 950mm, width 640mm dept 770mm. An entry to be made through exterior wall to allow three 22mm and one 15mm copper pipes to pass through, 22mm pipes rie vertically in existing boxing in kitchn. They connect to existing pipework at first floor ground level. Thre will be no alterations to interior.
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 3/13/0532/LB
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Sales history & valuation
1 Lilac Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£476,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG9 9PU: £545,000 (2022–2004).
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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
Stocking Hill — bus stop.
Closest school
2.3 km
Ardeley St Lawrence Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.8dB