Hillcrest, Roman Road, Bobblestock, Hereford, HR4 9QW

Hillcrest is a four-bedroom detached house in Bobblestock, Hereford, Hereford (HR4 9QW). It has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (around 441 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include notable views, a self-contained annexe and attached land beyond the plot.

Across 2010–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,071,000 is 14.3% below the 2022 sale of £1,250,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£2,832/sq ft) was about 837.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 41 m² it sits well below the postcode median (202 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. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £1,250,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.