3 Orchard Close, Cressage, Shrewsbury, SY5 6BZ

3 Orchard Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Cressage, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury (SY5 6BZ). It has a recorded floor area of 143 m² (around 1542 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2010) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 69). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from April 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Untraded for 30 years, with the last transfer in September 1996. 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 £376,000 sits 342.4% above the 1996 sale of £85,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£55/sq ft) was about 85% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2003. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.