# 3 bedroom semi-detached house for sale (CM23 5LE)

## Property Details

| Key | Value |
|-----|-------|
| Address | HAWTHORNS, BOUNDARY ROAD, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, HERTFORDSHIRE CM23 5LE |
| Price | £335,000 |
| Bedrooms | 3 |
| Last sold | £370,000 Nov 2010 |

## Description

**Location**

The busy market town of Bishop's Stortford offers an excellent range of amenities, including multiple shopping facilities, schooling for all ages and many sports and social facilities. There is also a mainline railway station with connections to London Liverpool Street. The M11 intersection, just outside the town offers connections to London and the M25 orbital motorway. London's third International Airport is at Stansted. In detail the accommodation comprises

**Front Door**

Hardwood front door with opaque inset glazed panels with opaque multi paned glazed side lights leading to:

**Entrance Hall** (15' 11" (max)  x 8' 11" (max) )

centrally located with staircase rising to first floor accommodation, useful understairs storage recess, green slate flooring, vertical panelled designer radiator, telephone point with doorways to:

**Cloakroom/WC**

with low level wc, wall mounted vanity hand wash basin with tiled splashback, exposed timber floorboards, deep moulded skirting board, inset spotlights, coving to ceiling. From entrance hallway doorway leads to:

**Sitting Room** (12' 11"  x 11' 11" (max) )

a good size room with feature open hearth fireplace having wooden Adam style surround and open grate, multi paned glazed window to front, vertical panelled designer radiator, green slate flooring and squared archway leading through to:

**Living Room** (20' 6"  x 12' 0" (max) )

impressively proportioned bright and airy room with two sets of UPVC double glazed French doors leading out to rear garden, green slate flooring, decorative vertical panelled radiator, useful built-in storage cupboard with integrated shelving, telephone point, television point, double doors leading through to:

**Kitchen/Dining/Family Room** (24' 9"  x 14' 2" )

fantastic room of impressive proportions with feature vaulted ceiling with exposed timbers to roof, the room naturally divides into two areas with a fully fitted kitchen comprising oak fronted base and eye level units incorporating cupboards drawers and glass fronted display cabinets with complementary rolled edge work surface and inset one-and-a-quarter bowl ceramic sink with monobloc mixer taps, decorative chimney recess with inset range style cooker and tiled splashback, integrated dishwasher and fridge, island unit with matching base level cupboards and drawers, green slate flooring, integral doorway through to double garage, multi paned glazed window to side and Velux window to roof, the dining/family area has multi paned glazed window to rear, UPVC double glazed multi paned French doors leading out to rear garden, green slate flooring, vertical panel designer wall mounted radiator, television point, with generous space for dining room table and chairs. As previously mentioned from entrance hallway staircase rises to first floor accommodation.

**First Floor Landing**

has built-in airing cupboard housing insulated hot water cylinder with slatted shelf storage above and generous double linen cupboard with slatted shelf storage, access to loft hatch with loft light and doors to:

**Bedroom 1** (12' 11"  x 11' 2" )

multi paned window to front, wall mounted radiator. From landing doorway to:

**Bedroom 2** (11' 4" (max)  x 11' 2" (max) )

multi paned window to rear, wall mounted radiator. From landing doorway to:

**Bedroom 3** (10' 3" (max)  x 8' 11" (max) )

multi paned window to front, wall mounted radiator, built-in overstairs storage cupboard, coving to ceiling. From landing doorway to:

**Bathroom/Shower Room/WC**

recently refitted with a four piece suite comprising fully tiled shower cubicle with wall mounted electric shower and glazed shower door, low level wc, pedestal mounted hand wash basin, feature free standing bath with ball and claw feet, ceramic tiled flooring, part timber panelling to walls, wall mounted radiator/towel rail, opaque multi paned window to rear.

**Outside**

as previously mentioned the property enjoys a good size plot, the generous front garden is predominantly laid to lawn with mature hedging to the front and side boundary, there is an adjoining double garage with up and over door power light and water connected with pedestrian doorway to the side and integral doorway through to the kitchen/dining/family room. To the front of the garage is generous driveway parking for at least six vehicles and there is gated pedestrian access to the side of the property leading to the rear garden. Immediately to the rear of the property is a raised green slate patio area which matches the flooring throughout the ground floor of the property, there is an inset statuette water feature which is to remain, the remainder of the garden is predominantly laid to lawn with a raised timber decking patio in the far corner, there is a wooden garden shed, courtesy lighting, outside power and the garden is bounded by wooden screen fencing providing a good degree of seclusion.

**Located**

in the county of Hertfordshire

**Post Code**

CM23 5LE

**Local Authority**

East Herts District Council

**Tax Band**

D under assessment

**Agents Note**

## Property Photos

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## Floorplans

- ![Floorplan 1](/listings/photos/16889109/682117) - Floorplan 1

## FENSA Certificates

This property has 2 FENSA certificate(s) on record.

### FENSA Certificate #4350724
- **Address:** 9 Boundary Road, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, CM23 5LE
- **Certificate Issued:** 08/01/2007
- **Work Completed:** 11/12/2006
- **Items:** 7 window(s)

### FENSA Certificate #17188882
- **Address:** 9 Boundary Road, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, CM23 5LE
- **Certificate Issued:** 08/03/2026
- **Work Completed:** 09/02/2026
- **Items:** 1 door(s)

## Sales History

*Recorded sales for this property. Data from Land Registry Price Paid.*

| Address | Price | Date | Type |
|---------|-------|------|------|
| HAWTHORNS BOUNDARY ROAD, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, EAST HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, CM23 5LE | £370,000 | 15/11/2010 | Semi-detached |

## Sold Comparables

*Same street and nearby sales within 0.25 miles. Data from Land Registry Price Paid. Last 5 years.*

| Address | Price | Date | Type |
|---------|-------|------|------|
| CROSSWAYS, 1 BOUNDARY ROAD, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, EAST HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, CM23 5LE | £658,000 | 27/03/2025 | Semi-detached |
| 2 PRYORS CLOSE, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, EAST HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, CM23 5JX | £510,000 | 16/10/2023 | Semi-detached |
| 4 BOUNDARY ROAD, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, EAST HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, CM23 5LE | £535,000 | 21/08/2023 | Semi-detached |
| 3 SOUTHMILL ROAD, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, EAST HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, CM23 3FR | £540,000 | 14/10/2022 | Semi-detached |
| 21 DIMSDALE CRESCENT, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, EAST HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, CM23 5LJ | £420,000 | 17/08/2022 | Semi-detached |
| 13 SOUTHMILL ROAD, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, EAST HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, CM23 3FR | £585,000 | 07/04/2022 | Semi-detached |
| 44 HALLINGBURY ROAD, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, EAST HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, CM23 5LA | £595,000 | 25/03/2022 | Semi-detached |
| 1 DIMSDALE CRESCENT, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, EAST HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, CM23 5LJ | £425,000 | 08/03/2022 | Semi-detached |
| 15 SOUTHMILL ROAD, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, EAST HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, CM23 3FR | £520,000 | 02/02/2022 | Semi-detached |

**Area average:** £532,000 (9 sales)

## Price vs local average

*Outcode + property type (HousePrices, last 2 years).*

- **Local average:** £526,310 (31 Semi-detached, CM23, 2024–2026)
- **Deviation:** -36.3%

## Rental Range

*ONS Price Index of Private Rents (East Hertfordshire). Low / Realistic / Optimistic = conservative / average / best case.*

- **Low:** £1,350/mo
- **Realistic:** £1,500/mo
- **Optimistic:** £1,650/mo

## LHA (Local Housing Allowance)

*VOA 30th percentile rent floor for Harlow & Stortford (Apr 2025 – Mar 2026).*

- **LHA floor (this property size):** £1,207/mo

## 1% Rule

- **Rent ratio:** 0.45% (weak for cashflow)
- **Max investor price (0.8%):** £187,500
- **Target investor price (1%):** £150,000

*Monthly rent ÷ price. 1%+ = strong, 0.8–1% = okay, <0.8% = weak. Max investor price = rent ÷ 0.8% (Stoke-style target). Target investor price = rent ÷ 1% (strong cashflow band). Based on Area rent estimate.*

## Capital growth trend

*Land Registry outcode average from sold prices: last 12 months vs 5y and 10y ago.*

- **5y growth:** 4.8%
- **10y growth:** 14%

## House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

*Official index for East Hertfordshire; Semi-detached series; as of March 2026.*

- **1y growth (index):** 6.8%
- **5y growth (index):** 15.7%
- **10y growth (index):** 33.3%

## Flood risk

- **Zone:** 1
- **Risk:** Low
- **Source:** Job (default Low)

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