Orchard House, Pen Y Fai Road, Aberkenfig, Bridgend, CF32 9AA

Orchard House is a detached house in Aberkenfig, Bridgend, Bridgend (CF32 9AA). It has a recorded floor area of 149 m² (around 1604 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in April 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and lighting went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 149 m² the property is well over the postcode median (100 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£359/sq ft) was about 188.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £575,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.