Brooklands, Brook End, Cottered, Buntingford, SG9 9QR
About Brooklands
Brooklands is a detached house in Cottered, Buntingford, Buntingford (SG9 9QR). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1421 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows an F (score 24), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and solar panel installation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 132 m² it's 21.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (168 m² median across 13 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 85% of similar EPCs). Across 1995–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £808,000 is 17.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£486/sq ft) was about 47.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £690,000 in January 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
Brooklands's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Brooklands has an approved extension on the planning record.
- Apr 2026AmendmentIn report
Non-material amendment to 3/22/0877/HH, changes to the roof tiles
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 3/26/0417/NMA
- Aug 2022Solar PanelsFullIn report
Two storey front, side and rear extensions. Alterations to fenestration. Installation of solar panels to rear and creation of two storey entrance way.
Extension- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 3/22/0877/HH
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Brooklands has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1995.
£808,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.0% per year over 25 years.
£690,000
Growth on file: 6.0% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
29 January 2021Most recent
£690,000
+331.3%over 25 years1 December 1995
£160,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG9 9QR: £900,000 (2024–2018).
Nearby sales in SG9 9QR
Meadow Court, Brook End, Cottered, Buntingford, SG9 9QR
Sold Dec 2024
£1,050,000Matchfords, Brook End, Cottered, Buntingford, SG9 9QR
Sold Oct 2024
£1,375,000Police House, Brook End, Cottered, Buntingford, SG9 9QR
Sold Jan 2021
£735,0002 Cross Green, Brook End, Cottered, Buntingford, SG9 9QR
Sold Feb 2016
£300,000Orchard End, Brook End, Cottered, Buntingford, SG9 9QR
Sold Jan 2016
£525,000
Everything we know about Brooklands, 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 Brook End homes
EPC Rating for Brooklands lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,227
Street avg £4,577
Floor Area
132 m²
Street avg 179 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
13.0 t/year
Street avg 7.4 t/year
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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 Bull PH — bus stop.
Closest school
2.5 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
44.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.1dB