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Get startedOrchard Lea is a detached house in Bow, Crediton, Crediton (EX17 6HQ). It has a recorded floor area of 160 m² (around 1722 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows an F (score 25), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (October 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 1.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £416,000 is 43.2% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£169/sq ft) was about 29.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 160 m² the property is well over the postcode median (76 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Last sold in May 2017, so it's been off the market for around 9 years.
Orchard Lea's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Orchard Lea's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£416,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.3% per year over 12 years.
£290,500
Growth on file: 1.3% per year over 12 years.
EPC Rating for Orchard Lea lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
25 (F)
Street avg 52 (E)
Floor Area
160 m²
Street avg 92 m²
CO₂ Emissions
14.0 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Iter Park — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.2dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Hot water efficiency decreased
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
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19 May 2017Most recent
£290,500
+16.2%over 11 years30 September 2005
£250,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in EX17 6HQ: £140,000 (2023–2007).
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
EX17 6EJ
Closest school
0.4 km
Bow Community Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.7dB
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