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1 Buttermilk Hall Cottage, Baldock Road, Buntingford, SG9 9RH

3 planning records
Property type
End terrace
Habitable rooms
7
From EPC
Floor area
145 m²
1561 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 68
Council tax
Band C
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 1 Buttermilk Hall Cottage

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

1 Buttermilk Hall Cottage is an end-of-terrace house in Buntingford (SG9 9RH). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 145 m² it sits well below the postcode median (233 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2022–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at -9.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £691,000 is 15.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£384/sq ft) was about 75.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £600,000 in January 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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Valuation

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Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
D68
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
5.5 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 1 Buttermilk Hall Cottage, Baldock Road, Buntingford, SG9 9RH, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

1 Buttermilk Hall Cottage has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.

  1. Aug 2015
    ExtensionFull
    In report

    Extension: Side of property

    Two storey side extension and single storey front extension

    Documents
    16 docs on file
    Reference
    3/15/1159/HH
    View planning record
  2. Dec 2009
    ExtensionFull
    In report

    Extension: Two storey · Side and rear of property

    Double storey front and side extension.

    Documents
    5 docs on file
    Reference
    3/09/1573/FP
    View planning record
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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£691,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -9.8% per year over 1 year.

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Last sold (2022)

£600,000

Growth on file: -9.8% per year over 1 year.

Sales timeline

  1. 28 January 2022Most recent

    £600,000

    -9.8%
  2. 28 January 2022

    £665,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in SG9 9RH: £950,000 (2021–2016).

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On the street

Versus other Baldock Road homes

Four headline reads against 7 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On years held, 1 Buttermilk Hall Cottage runs well behind the street norm.

Price per m²

£4,586

Street avg £3,707

Strongly above

Floor Area

145 m²

Street avg 242 m²

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

7 rooms

Street avg 9 rooms

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

5.5 t/year

Street avg 13.0 t/year

Strongly above
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Buntingford district page.

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

0.1 km

Buttermilk Farm — bus stop.

Closest school

1.5 km

Freman College. 5 schools nearby.

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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SG9 9RH from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for SG9 9RH

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

46.2dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for SG9 9RH

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

39.8dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

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