Orchard Lea, The Avenue, Combe Down, Bath, BA2 5EQ

Orchard Lea is a detached house in Combe Down, Bath, Bath (BA2 5EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 134 m² (around 1445 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2009) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The latest certificate is from April 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 134 m² it's 19.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (166 m² median across 7 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 2004–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £710,000 is 49.5% above the 2009 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£329/sq ft) was about 23% below the postcode norm.