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EPC B
About Vine Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Vine Cottage is a semi-detached house in Hay-On-Wye, Hereford, Hereford (HR3 5AX). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (December 2016) returns a B (score 84), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in January 2014 the rating was F, the property has climbed 4 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 95).
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. At 91 m² it's 26.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (72 m² median across 3 EPCs). 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Sold August 2022 for £250,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Vine Cottage's carbon output is low for the local stock.
Current Certificate(1 of 2)
Dec 2016
EPC Rating
A
B
B84
C
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Very Good
CO2 Emissions
1.4 t/year
Occupancy
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Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Vine Cottage, Smallbrook Terrace, Hay On Wye, Hereford, HR3 5AX, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
- Aug 2016ConditionsPermit
Discharge Conditions 6,7,9 and 10 pursuant to Planning Permission 15/11772/FUL - Demolition of existing dwelling and construction of new dwelling.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Vine Cottage has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2014.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£271,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.8% per year over 8 years.
Last sold (2022)
£250,000
Growth on file: 8.8% per year over 8 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Smallbrook Terrace homes
Four headline reads against 3 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Vine Cottage outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,747
Street avg £3,248
Floor Area
91 m²
Street avg 74 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around HR3 5AX from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.0dB
Everything within walking distance
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