4 Orchard Cottages, Station Road, Whittington, Oswestry, SY11 4BU

4 Orchard Cottages is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Whittington, Oswestry, Oswestry (SY11 4BU). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (May 2023) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in April 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since August 1998 — 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 73 m² the property is well over the postcode median (56 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £148,000 sits 322.9% above the 1998 sale of £35,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£45/sq ft) was about 71.8% below the postcode norm.