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Get started7 Brook Orchard is a four-bedroom detached house in Marden, Hereford, Hereford (HR1 3EJ). It has a recorded floor area of 33 m² (around 355 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1991-1995. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (May 2014); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 127), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include notable views and a self-contained annexe. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £498,000 is 24.5% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,126/sq ft) was about 625.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 33 m² it sits well below the postcode median (144 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an annexe approved in 2023. Past consents include an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in August 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Proposed continued use of outbuilding as an annexe (retrospective).
7 Brook Orchard has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£498,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.6% per year over 17 years.
£400,000
Growth on file: 6.6% per year over 17 years.
EPC Rating for 7 Brook Orchard lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
45 (E)
Street avg 57 (D)
Floor Area
33 m²
Street avg 144 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.1 t/year
Street avg 6.5 t/year
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
The Volunteer Inn — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.5dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Heating controls changed
Hot water system changed
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
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18 August 2014Most recent
£400,000
+43.9%over 11 years4 November 2002
£278,000
+109.0%over 5 years16 May 1997
£133,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HR1 3EJ: £335,000 (2020–2003).
Habitable Rooms
1 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
HR1 3RW
Closest school
0.5 km
Marden Primary Academy. 3 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB
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