Forest Court, Apartment 4, Union Street, Chester, CH1 1AB

Forest Court is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Chester (CH1 1AB). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. At 47 m² this is the 17th smallest of 52 units on EPC record in Forest Court, where floor areas span 43–81 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (July 2023) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it B (June 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Today's modelled estimate of £139,000 is 22.8% below the 2011 sale of £180,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£356/sq ft) was about 30.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. On the market in September 2011 and unlisted since — roughly 15 years.