Strawberry Cottage, Brook End, Cottered, Buntingford, SG9 9QR
About Strawberry Cottage
Strawberry Cottage is a detached house in Cottered, Buntingford, Buntingford (SG9 9QR). It has a recorded floor area of 126 m² (around 1356 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (January 2017) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 126 m² it's 25% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (168 m² median across 13 EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2009.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Strawberry Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Nov 2009New BuildOutlineIn report
Outline application for new residential dwelling and double garage
- Agent
- Martin
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- 3/09/1461/OP
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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
Strawberry Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£752,000
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 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
£1,375,000Brooklands, Brook End, Cottered, Buntingford, SG9 9QR
Sold Jan 2021
£690,000Police House, Brook End, Cottered, Buntingford, SG9 9QR
Sold Jan 2021
£735,0002 Cross Green, Brook End, Cottered, Buntingford, SG9 9QR
Sold Feb 2016
£300,000
Everything we know about Strawberry Cottage, 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
Strawberry Cottage is notably below the street on floor area.
EPC Rating
40 (E)
Street avg 58 (D)
Floor Area
126 m²
Street avg 179 m²
CO₂ Emissions
8.9 t/year
Street avg 7.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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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