Orchard Wood, Flat 5, 9 Hermitage Drive, Ascot, SL5 7LA

Orchard Wood is a three-bedroom detached house in Ascot (SL5 7LA). It has a recorded floor area of 152 m² (around 1636 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. Tenure is freehold. At 152 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across Orchard Wood (65–152 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (48 versus a best of 73). Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (May 2024) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in April 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Good.

Held since December 1997 — that's 28 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. At 152 m² the property is well over the postcode median (115 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £712,000 sits 469.6% above the 1997 sale of £125,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£76/sq ft) was about 79.2% below the postcode norm.