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Get started1 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.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. 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. At 73 m² it sits well below the postcode median (109 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 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.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
1 Bridge Cottages has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£316,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.5% per year over 26 years.
£287,000
Growth on file: 6.5% per year over 26 years.
CO₂ Emissions for 1 Bridge Cottages runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
60 (D)
Street avg 44 (E)
Floor Area
73 m²
Street avg 190 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.8 t/year
Street avg 12.8 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
0.2 km
Telephone Box — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.9dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Cavity wall insulation installed
More low energy lighting installed
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18 March 2022Most recent
£287,000
+47.2%over 11 years18 October 2010
£195,000
+39.3%over 7 years25 October 2002
£140,000
+43.6%over 2 years24 August 2000
£97,500
+72.6%over 4 years29 March 1996
£56,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in HR1 4SS: £158,500 (2020–2002).
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
HR1 4PL
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB
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