Darrach Cottage, Silver Hill, Well End, Borehamwood, WD6 5PW
About Darrach Cottage
Darrach Cottage is a detached house in Well End, Borehamwood, Borehamwood (WD6 5PW). It has a recorded floor area of 397 m² (around 4273 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2024. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81). Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff.
At 397 m² the property is well over the postcode median (142 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a basement excavation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Darrach Cottage's carbon output is low for the local stock.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Darrach Cottage has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
- Feb 2020HeritageIn report
Single storey replacement dwelling with accommodation at basement level. Revised application to 19/0738/FUL (Application for Listed Building Consent).
- Agent
- Town Planning Services
Listed- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- 19/1929/LBC
- Jul 2019BasementHeritageIn report
Single storey replacement dwelling with accommodation at basement level (Application for Listed Building Consent).
- Agent
- Town Planning Services
Listed- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- 19/0739/LBC
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Darrach Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£2,212,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in WD6 5PW: £825,000 (2022–2018).
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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 Silver Hill homes
Darrach Cottage outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
78 (C)
Street avg 69 (D)
Floor Area
397 m²
Street avg 139 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.4 t/year
Street avg 4.9 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
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.7 km
Campions Close — bus stop.
Closest school
1.3 km
Hertswood Academy. 13 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB