The Old Rectory, Bacton, Hereford, HR2 0AR

The Old Rectory is a detached house in Bacton, Hereford, Hereford (HR2 0AR). It has a recorded floor area of 325 m² (around 3498 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2014) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on bulk wood pellets. The latest certificate is from June 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since March 1999, a hold of 27 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 325 m² the property is well over the postcode median (98 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £907,000 sits 192.6% above the 1999 sale of £310,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£89/sq ft) was about 15.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.