Orchard Wood, Flat 4, 9 Hermitage Drive, Ascot, SL5 7LA

Orchard Wood is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Ascot (SL5 7LA). It has a recorded floor area of 113 m² (around 1216 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 113 m² this is the 4th smallest of 6 units on EPC record in Orchard Wood, where floor areas span 65–152 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 6 units on file. Other recorded features include a balcony. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.

Held since July 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £496,000 sits 254.3% above the 1997 sale of £140,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£115/sq ft) was about 68.7% below the postcode norm. At 113 m² it's 16% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (135 m² median across 8 EPCs).