7 The Crescent, Cottered, Buntingford, SG9 9QX
About 7 The Crescent
7 The Crescent is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Cottered, Buntingford, Buntingford (SG9 9QX). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views and a conservatory. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 107 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £511,000 is 14.8% above the 2021 sale price. Last sale on file: £445,000 in March 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
- Dining roomYes
- StudyYes
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageIntegral
- Summer houseYes
- Notable viewsYes
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
7 The Crescent's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Apr 2022DemolitionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Demolition of conservatory and replaced by a single storey rear extension.
Extension- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 3/22/0392/HH
- Dec 2013RenovationFullIn report
Reconstruction of fire damaged property to match original. Demolish garage structure/bedroom/roof and re-construct on new foundations. Repair/replace all fire damaged elements to match existing.
- Agent
- The Morton Partnership
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 3/13/1846/FP
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
7 The Crescent has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£511,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.3% per year over 24 years.
£445,000
Growth on file: 7.3% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
5 March 2021Most recent
£445,000
+78.7%over 15 years18 October 2005
£249,000
+201.8%over 8 years7 March 1997
£82,500
Median price across the last 1 sales in SG9 9QX: £84,000 (2000–2000).
Nearby sales in SG9 9QX
Everything we know about 7 The Crescent, 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 The Crescent homes
Floor Area for 7 The Crescent runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
42 (E)
Street avg 51 (E)
Floor Area
107 m²
Street avg 72 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.5 t/year
Street avg 5.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 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
2.8 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
44.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.5dB