1 Church Cottages, Lyde, Hereford, HR1 3AA

1 Church Cottages is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Lyde, Hereford, Hereford (HR1 3AA). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows a G (score 14), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it F (January 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 72 m² it sits well below the postcode median (207 m² across 4 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. Today's modelled estimate of £252,000 sits 68% above the 2015 sale of £150,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£194/sq ft) was about 21.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in May 2015. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2015.