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About Orchard House
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Orchard House is a detached house in Ballinger, Great Missenden, Great Missenden (HP16 9LN). It has a recorded floor area of 208 m² (around 2239 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (February 2015); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and main heating went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£527/sq ft) was about 36.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 208 m² the property is well over the postcode median (93 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: February 2021 at £1,180,590. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Orchard House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Current Certificate(1 of 2)
Feb 2020
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E54
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
9.6 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£1,272,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.2% per year over 5 years.
Last sold (2021)
£1,180,590
Growth on file: 4.2% per year over 5 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Blackthorne Lane homes
Four headline reads against 15 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Habitable Rooms for Orchard House runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,676
Street avg £4,691
Floor Area
208 m²
Street avg 121 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Great Missenden district page.
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
0.1 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around HP16 9LN from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.8dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 34 points of interest in total.
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