1 Buttermilk Hall Cottage, Baldock Road, Buntingford, SG9 9RH
About 1 Buttermilk Hall Cottage
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
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Buttermilk Hall Cottage has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
- Aug 2015ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Side of property
Two storey side extension and single storey front extension
- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- 3/15/1159/HH
- Dec 2009ExtensionFullIn 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
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£691,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -9.8% per year over 1 year.
£600,000
Growth on file: -9.8% per year over 1 year.
Sales timeline
28 January 2022Most recent
£600,000
-9.8%28 January 2022
£665,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG9 9RH: £950,000 (2021–2016).
Nearby sales in SG9 9RH
Little Meadow, Baldock Road, Buntingford, SG9 9RH
Sold May 2021
£1,020,000Buttermilk Grange, Baldock Road, Buntingford, SG9 9RH
Sold May 2021
£775,000Buttermilk Hall Farm, Baldock Road, Buntingford, SG9 9RH
Sold May 2018
£500,000How Green Farm, Baldock Road, Buntingford, SG9 9RH
Sold Feb 2018
£1,200,000Willow House, Baldock Road, Buntingford, SG9 9RH
Sold Dec 2016
£950,000
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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 Baldock Road homes
On years held, 1 Buttermilk Hall Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,586
Street avg £3,707
Floor Area
145 m²
Street avg 242 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 9 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.5 t/year
Street avg 13.0 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
0.1 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.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.8dB