5, SAFFRON CLOSE, WETHERSFIELD, BRAINTREE, CM7 4EY - £170,000

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5 SAFFRON CLOSE is a very small detached house of 65m², built sometime between 1967 and 1975, which could now be worth an estimated £289,318. It was last sold for £170,000 in November 2010, which was around 47% below the average November 2010 detached price in the Braintree local authority area. The most recent EPC inspection was January 2023, where the current energy rating was D, and the potential energy rating was B.

5 SAFFRON CLOSE Sold Prices

Land registry data shows one sale for 5 SAFFRON CLOSE since 1^st January 1995. The below table shows the price paid for the one sale, along with the average detached price in the Braintree local authority area for the corresponding sale date. The average price is sourced from the Office for National Statistics' House Price Index (HPI).

Date	Price	HPI Price	Variation from HPI
2010 30 NOV	£170,000	£322,819	47% below HPI

What might 5 SAFFRON CLOSE be worth now?

5 SAFFRON CLOSE might now be worth an estimated £289,318.

This is based on house price inflation of 70.2%, between November 2010 and April 2026, for detached houses, in the Braintree local authority area, as calculated by the Office for National Statistics and published in their UK House Price Index (HPI).

The 70.2% inflationary increase is applied to the most recent sale price for 5 SAFFRON CLOSE of £170,000 on 30th November 2010. For the value to have increased from £170,000 to £289,318 over the sixteen years and seven months to April 2026, the following assumptions must hold true:

• The value of 5 SAFFRON CLOSE has moved in line with the HPI for detached houses in the Braintree local authority area.
• The November 2010 sale price of £170,000 represented a fair market value for the property.
• The size, condition, and specification of 5 SAFFRON CLOSE has not materially changed since November 2010.

How Large is 5 SAFFRON CLOSE?

5 SAFFRON CLOSE is 65m² according to the EPC inspection conducted in January 2023. This puts it in the smallest 10% of detached houses in Wethersfield, based on EPC data. The below chart shows the distribution of detached houses by size in Wethersfield, and where 5 SAFFRON CLOSE lies on this distribution: 8% of detached houses are smaller than 5 SAFFRON CLOSE, and 90% of detached houses are larger. Note that EPC data is not available for all properties in Wethersfield.

5 SAFFRON CLOSE: Plot

5 SAFFRON CLOSE sits on a plot of roughly 0.092 of an acre, or 372m².

Where is 5 SAFFRON CLOSE?

5 SAFFRON CLOSE is located in WETHERSFIELD, in the CM7 postcode district.