53 Barton Road, Hereford, HR4 0AY

53 Barton Road is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hereford (HR4 0AY). It has a recorded floor area of 134 m² (around 1442 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2012) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since January 2010. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and main heating went from Very Poor to Poor; while wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from June 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 134 m² the property is well over the postcode median (87 m² across 45 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2014–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£194/sq ft) was about 23.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2021 for £280,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.