1 Bridge Cottages, How Caple, Hereford, HR1 4SS

1 Bridge Cottages is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in How Caple, Hereford, Hereford (HR1 4SS). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 102), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 73 m² it sits well below the postcode median (109 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £316,000 is 10.1% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£365/sq ft) was about 110.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £287,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.