The Orchard, Station Road, Sandycroft, Deeside, CH5 2PT

The Orchard is a semi-detached house in Sandycroft, Deeside, Deeside (CH5 2PT). It has a recorded floor area of 148 m² (around 1593 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2024) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Held since July 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 148 m² the property is well over the postcode median (60 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2000–2003, sale prices here grew 0% per year, broadly in step with England's 0% HPI growth. Today's modelled estimate of £220,000 sits 400% above the 2003 sale of £44,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£28/sq ft) was about 76.9% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.