The Acorns, St Marys Lane, Burghill, Hereford, HR4 7QL

The Acorns is a six-bedroom detached house in Burghill, Hereford, Hereford (HR4 7QL). It has a recorded floor area of 613 m² (around 6598 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since June 2011. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include notable views, attached land beyond the plot and a basement.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 9.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£235/sq ft) was about 34.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 613 m² the property is well over the postcode median (208 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs). 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Sold October 2022 for £1,550,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 16 planning records sit against the property, 11 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.