23 Aylestone Hill, Hereford, HR1 1HR

23 Aylestone Hill is a six-bedroom detached house in Hereford (HR1 1HR). It has a recorded floor area of 26 m² (around 280 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. At 26 m² this is the 4th smallest of 25 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 17–300 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (March 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64).

At 26 m² it sits well below the postcode median (50 m² across 24 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Most recent transfer: April 2022 at £705,000. Across the public record there are 7 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 9 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £790,000 is 12.1% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£2,519/sq ft) was about 1283.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.