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Get startedOld Dairy Cottage is a detached house in How Caple, Hereford, Hereford (HR1 4SS). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 119), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (110 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Old Dairy Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£230,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
On floor area, Old Dairy Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
48 (E)
Street avg 46 (E)
Floor Area
37 m²
Street avg 196 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.7 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
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Wall insulation improved
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
Floor insulation added or improved
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
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Median price across the last 5 sales in HR1 4SS: £215,000 (2022–2010).
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB