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Get startedOrchard Cottage is a detached house in Laithes, Penrith, Penrith (CA11 0AW). It has a recorded floor area of 154 m² (around 1658 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2012) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 154 m² it's 20.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (128 m² median across 6 EPCs).
Orchard Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 15 May 2022
Orchard Cottage has an approved extension on the planning record.
EXTENSION TO FORM NEW KITCHEN & UTILITY.
Orchard Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£401,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
EPC Rating for Orchard Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
64 (D)
Street avg 42 (E)
Floor Area
154 m²
Street avg 138 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.4 t/year
Street avg 9.6 t/year
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Flood risk
Medium

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.9dB

Median price across the last 5 sales in CA11 0AW: £315,000 (2023–2015).
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CA11 0NZ
From the Environment Agency.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB