4 New Cottages, Solesbridge Lane, Sarratt, Rickmansworth, WD3 6AD

4 New Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Sarratt, Rickmansworth, Rickmansworth (WD3 6AD). It has a recorded floor area of 151 m² (around 1625 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in May 2016 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 96), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 151 m² the property is well over the postcode median (113 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £837,000 is 49.5% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£345/sq ft) was about 37% below the postcode norm. 9 years since the last transfer (February 2017).