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Get started18 Lingen Avenue is a three-bedroom detached house in Hereford (HR1 1BY). It has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (around 1485 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2023) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (August 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£286/sq ft) was about 62.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 138 m² the property is well over the postcode median (104 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold January 2023 for £425,000.
18 Lingen Avenue sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
18 Lingen Avenue has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
Extension: Single storey
Proposed single storey extension
18 Lingen Avenue valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£429,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.2% per year over 17 years.
£425,000
Growth on file: 3.2% per year over 17 years.
EPC Rating for 18 Lingen Avenue lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,080
Street avg £2,296
Floor Area
138 m²
Street avg 111 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
College Road Co-op — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.3dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Cavity wall insulation installed
More low energy lighting installed
Heating system changed
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Heating controls changed
Hot water system upgraded
Solar PV panels (35 kWp) and Solar water heating installed
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13 January 2023Most recent
£425,000
+37.1%over 12 years26 January 2010
£310,000
+24.0%over 3 years25 April 2006
£250,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HR1 1BY: £354,000 (2024–2021).
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.0 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
HR1 1BW
Closest school
0.5 km
St Francis Xavier's Primary School. 19 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.0dB
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