Bridge Cottage, Station Road, Credenhill, Hereford, HR4 7EY

Bridge Cottage is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Credenhill, Hereford, Hereford (HR4 7EY). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows a G (score 16), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it F (August 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on bottled lpg. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Untraded for 30 years, with the last transfer in February 1996. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 58 m² it sits well below the postcode median (132 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £258,000 sits 545% above the 1996 sale of £40,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£64/sq ft) was about 68.5% below the postcode norm.