4 The Orchard, Watkin Street, Sandycroft, Deeside, CH5 2PN

4 The Orchard is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Sandycroft, Deeside, Deeside (CH5 2PN). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 657 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2022) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in November 2012 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 86).

It hasn't traded since January 1995, a hold of 31 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £151,000 sits 331.4% above the 1995 sale of £35,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£53/sq ft) was about 62.3% below the postcode norm. At 61 m² it's 25.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (82 m² median across 11 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 82% of similar EPCs).