31 Orchard Drive, Great Holland, Frinton On Sea, CO13 0SB

31 Orchard Drive is a detached house in Great Holland, Frinton-On-Sea, Frinton On Sea (CO13 0SB). It has a recorded floor area of 178 m² (around 1916 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2022) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in August 2021 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 94). Main heating runs on electricity.

Across 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £480,000 is 16.5% below the 2022 sale of £575,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£300/sq ft) was about 31.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 178 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £575,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.