Sold STC Detached

Dormy Cottage

DUNMOW ROAD, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, HERTFORDSHIRE CM23 5HR

4 beds 3 baths Listed 15 Nov 2022 (-1306d)

£1,250,000

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Property details

Tenure

FREEHOLD

Council tax band

F

Last sold

£1,125,000 Jul 2023

Local average

£685,032 (+82.5%)

Deprivation

Decile 10 (33,380 of 33,755)

Street crime

148 incidents within 1 mile (Apr 2026)

Key features

  • A MOST CONVENIENT LOCATON
  • WALKING DISTANCE OF FIRST CLASS SCHOOLS & MAINLINE STATION
  • QUALITY DETACHED FAMILY HOME
  • WONDERFUL LANDSCAPED GROUNDS
  • REFURBISHED AND IMPROVED IN RECENT YEARS
  • HALL & CLOAKROOM
  • 4 RECEPTION ROOMS
  • CONSERVATORY
  • KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM
  • UTILITY ROOM

Additional details

Parking
Yes
Garden
Yes

Description

Dormy House is situated towards the eastern edge of Bishops Stortford, a most convenient location for excellent schools and the mainline station and a few minutes drive to the M11 at (J8). The house is well-set back and screened from the road set in a splendid plot of about 0.3 of an acre, including a first class driveway, double garage and landscaped gardens. A considerable amount of work has been done to the property including re-plumbing and in relatively recent times, replacement bathrooms, shower rooms and the kitchen/breakfast room with an eye for quality.

The accommodation includes an entrance lobby with oak fronted cupboards on two walls, entrance hall, cloakroom, a well-proportioned drawing room with doors to the double glazed conservatory with a thermal insulated solid roof. There is a study with fitted furniture, a family room and a excellent kitchen/breakfast room with oak fronted storage cupboards, an excellent range of appliances and extensive granite work surfaces. Adjoining the kitchen there is a utility room and cloakroom. On the first floor, the master bedroom suite has a large dressing room and an en suite bathroom. There are three further bedrooms on the first floor, together with another en suite and a family bathroom. On the second floor, there is an attic room which could provide another bedroom. A loft ladder leads to the insulated and partially boarded roof space, where there is a water cylinder and modern gas fired boiler.

On the eastern side of the house a covered lean-to provides useful dry storage. To the front, there is an impressive brick paved driveway which provides parking for at least six cars and a double garage with automatic door. The gardens are landscaped and include a paved terrace, shrub borders, a bbq area, garden shed and outside lighting. This is an unusually large and private garden for a

Listed by

Bishop's Stortford

Hunters Property Group Ltd

Reference: 129100070

EPC ratings on this postcode

We don't have a matched EPC for this property yet. Below are efficiency scores and details for other addresses on this postcode.

Address Current Potential Floor area Age band Type
Bramfields, Dunmow Road, BISHOP'S STORTFORD 57 67 182 m² England and Wales: 1950-1966 Detached
Dormy House, Dunmow Road, BISHOP'S STORTFORD 69 78 253 m² England and Wales: 1950-1966 Detached
Eastleigh, Dunmow Road, BISHOP'S STORTFORD 56 76 240 m² England and Wales: 1900-1929 Detached
Hurst Cottage, Dunmow Road, BISHOP'S STORTFORD 1 26 313 m² England and Wales: 1930-1949 Detached
Linkside, Dunmow Road, BISHOP'S STORTFORD 68 72 248 m² England and Wales: 1950-1966 Detached
October House, Dunmow Road, BISHOP'S STORTFORD 67 78 165 m² England and Wales: 1950-1966 Detached

Flood risk

Zone: 1

Risk: Low

Job (default Low)

Floorplans

Floorplan

Floorplan

EPC Graphs

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Price history

Event Date Price % change
Sold 17/07/2023 (2 years ago) £1,125,000

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Crown copyright.

Sold Comparables

Same street and nearby sales within 0.25 miles (last 5 years). Data from Land Registry Price Paid.

Address Price Date Type
17 BROOKE GARDENS, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, EAST HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, CM23 5JF £1,220,000 03/11/2023 Detached
21 MANOR LINKS, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, EAST HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, CM23 5RA £540,000 12/10/2022 Detached
9 FRIARS WOOD, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, EAST HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, CM23 5AZ £920,000 18/08/2022 Detached
14 FRIARS WOOD, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, EAST HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, CM23 5AZ £887,000 11/07/2022 Detached
12 FRIARS WOOD, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, EAST HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, CM23 5AZ £850,000 13/06/2022 Detached
1 MAYES CLOSE, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, EAST HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, CM23 5RB £695,000 29/04/2022 Detached
Same street LINKSIDE DUNMOW ROAD, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, EAST HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, CM23 5HR £1,315,000 08/04/2022 Detached
8 FRIARS WOOD, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, EAST HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, CM23 5AZ £980,000 22/02/2022 Detached
38 MANOR LINKS, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, EAST HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, CM23 5RA £698,000 10/01/2022 Detached
3 SHORTCROFT, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, EAST HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, CM23 5QY £700,000 07/01/2022 Detached
32 SHORTCROFT, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, EAST HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, CM23 5QY £680,000 20/12/2021 Detached
6 NORRIS CLOSE, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, EAST HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, CM23 5RE £885,000 20/08/2021 Detached

Street average: £1,315,000 (1 sale)

Area average: £823,182 (11 sales)

Capital growth trend

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

5y growth 17.1%
10y growth 5.5%

House Price Index (HM Land Registry — official index, not sold-price averages): East Hertfordshire. Series: Detached. As of March 2026.

1y (index) 5.6%
5y (index) 14.3%
10y (index) 28.9%

Rental Range

Estimated market rent for East Hertfordshire. Low = conservative, Realistic = average, Optimistic = best case.

Low £1,350/mo
Realistic £1,500/mo
Optimistic £1,650/mo

Based on Local Authority from postcode lookup → East Hertfordshire.

LHA (30th percentile) floor for Harlow & Stortford: £1,371/mo (Apr 2025 – Mar 2026)

Location

Address

Dunmow Road

Nearby

Nearest stations, universities and amenities (distance from property).

Type Name Distance
Bus stop Raynham Road 0.0 miles
Shop Wolseley 0.2 miles
Shop CEF 0.2 miles
Hospital Herts And Essex Community Hospital 0.5 miles
Train station Bishop's Stortford 0.8 miles
Train station Stansted Mountfitchet 2.2 miles
Hospital Jacob's Neuro Centre 4.8 miles

Street-level crime

Category Count
Violence and sexual offences 40
Anti-social behaviour 32
Shoplifting 30
Other theft 13
Vehicle crime 11
Burglary 7
Criminal damage and arson 6
Public order 3
Drugs 2
Theft from the person 2
Bicycle theft 1
Robbery 1
Total incidents 148

Within 1 mile during Apr 2026. Source: data.police.uk (England & Wales).

Schools nearby

Nearest open schools with Ofsted ratings (England). Closed schools are not shown. Data from Get Information about Schools and Ofsted.

Name Type Distance Ofsted
Summercroft Primary School Primary 0.2 miles Good — 12 Jan 2017
Birchwood High School Secondary 0.2 miles Good — 18 Jul 2019
All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery, Bishop's Stortford Primary 0.4 miles Good — 9 Jun 2014
Hockerill Anglo-European College Secondary 0.5 miles Good — 19 Apr 2023
The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College Secondary 0.6 miles Outstanding — 14 Jan 2024

Rental Comparables

Rental listings exist nearby, but none matched the 4-bedroom count for this property.

Rent-driven metrics

Based on Area rent estimate.

Rent ratio 0.12%
Max investor price (0.8%) £187,500
Target investor price (1%) £150,000
  • Rent ratio — Monthly rent ÷ purchase price (1% rule). 1%+ = strong, 0.8–1% = okay, <0.8% = weak for cashflow.
  • Max investor price — Rent ÷ 0.8%; the price at which rent would be 0.8% of price (Stoke-style target).
  • Target investor price — Rent ÷ 1%; the price at which rent would be 1% of price (strong cashflow band).
  • Gross yield — Annual rent as % of purchase price (no costs).

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