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Get startedFir Tree Cottage is a detached house in Glasbury, Hereford, Hereford (HR3 5LJ). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (October 2025) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since September 2012. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 9.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £426,000 is 34% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£253/sq ft) was about 64.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 117 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Last sold in March 2017, so it's been off the market for around 9 years.
Fir Tree Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Fir Tree Cottage sits within a conservation area — exterior works face additional planning controls.
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Erection of a single storey side extension and associated works
Latest sale on Fir Tree Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£426,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.8% per year over 18 years.
£318,000
Growth on file: 9.8% per year over 18 years.
On years held, Fir Tree Cottage stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£2,718
Street avg £2,112
Floor Area
117 m²
Street avg 90 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Glasbury House — bus stop.
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Wall insulation improved
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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TREE: Removal of leylandi hedge and section fell of five cypress trees in a conservation area.
8 March 2017Most recent
£318,000
+430.0%over 17 years4 June 1999
£60,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HR3 5LJ: £157,500 (2021–2016).
CO₂ Emissions
7.4 t/year
Street avg 7.5 t/year
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