Orchard Cottage, Whinfield Road, Dodford, Bromsgrove, B61 9BG

Orchard Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Dodford, Bromsgrove, Bromsgrove (B61 9BG). It has a recorded floor area of 118 m² (around 1266 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2009) shows a G (score 4), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from April 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot.

Sale prices here have outpaced Bromsgrove HPI: 6.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £748,000 sits 55.8% above the 2011 sale of £480,250. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£379/sq ft) was about 89.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 118 m² it sits well below the postcode median (181 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. On the market in October 2011 and unlisted since — roughly 15 years.