Haining Croft, Church Lane, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AF

Haining Croft is a six-bedroom detached house in Bishops Castle (SY9 5AF). It has a recorded floor area of 250 m² (around 2691 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). Main heating runs on oil.

Held since January 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 250 m² the property is well over the postcode median (128 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2000–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 23.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £660,000 is 38.4% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£177/sq ft) was about 32.7% below the postcode norm.