How Green Farm, Baldock Road, Buntingford, SG9 9RH
About How Green Farm
How Green Farm is a detached house in Buntingford (SG9 9RH). It has a recorded floor area of 215 m² (around 2314 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2024) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (March 2012); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.
Across 2005–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,026,000 is 14.5% below the 2018 sale of £1,200,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£519/sq ft) was about 136.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 5 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include a garage conversion and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Last sold in February 2018, so it's been off the market for around 8 years.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
How Green Farm's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water system changed
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
More low energy lighting installed
Hot water system upgraded
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
Planning history
A a loft conversion application was refused at How Green Farm in 2022.
- Apr 2024Garage ConversionFullIn report
Conversion of the garage (that was approved under planning permission 3/18/0773/HH as single storey, but was built as a two storey) to a proposed agricultural barn and storage. Remove the front and rear dormers, remove the front and rear single storey projections, infill/block-up the first floor side windows and ground floor front windows, insert new ground floor garage and barn front doors.
- Documents
- 19 docs on file
- Reference
- 3/24/0194/FUL
- Aug 2022Loft ConversionFullIn report
Retention of conversion of workshop to 1 detached house, raising the roof height to create first floor accommodation, Two storey side extension, single storey rear extension, 4 front dormers, 4 rear dormers and alterations to fenestration.
Extension- Documents
- 24 docs on file
- Reference
- 3/22/0786/FUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on How Green Farm was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,026,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.6% per year over 12 years.
£1,200,000
Growth on file: 4.6% per year over 12 years.
Sales timeline
28 February 2018Most recent
£1,200,000
+73.9%over 12 years12 December 2005
£690,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG9 9RH: £665,000 (2022–2018).
Nearby sales in SG9 9RH
1 Buttermilk Hall Cottage, Baldock Road, Buntingford, SG9 9RH
Sold Jan 2022
£665,000Little 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
£500,000Willow House, Baldock Road, Buntingford, SG9 9RH
Sold Dec 2016
£950,000
Everything we know about How Green Farm, 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 Baldock Road homes
On price per m², How Green Farm stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£5,581
Street avg £3,508
Floor Area
215 m²
Street avg 232 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 9 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.1 t/year
Street avg 12.7 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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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.8dB