Orchard Leigh, Roseacre Gardens, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8RQ

Orchard Leigh is a four-bedroom detached house in Chilworth, Guildford, Guildford (GU4 8RQ). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 733 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (July 2010) shows an F (score 25), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since February 2009. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from July 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 68 m² it sits well below the postcode median (138 m² across 25 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2013–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,076,000 sits 56.2% above the 2014 sale of £689,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£940/sq ft) was about 165.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in July 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.