What kind of home is Apartment 23, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ?

Apartment 23, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ is a 2-bedroom mid-terrace house.

What did Apartment 23, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ sell for?

Apartment 23, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ last sold for £150,000 in August 2006, around 20 years ago. Land Registry has 3 sales on record going back to £126,000 in October 2001. Source: HM Land Registry.

How has the value of Apartment 23, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ changed over time?

Across 3 sales between October 2001 and August 2006, Apartment 23, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ rose from £126,000 to £150,000, a change of £24,000. That works out to roughly +3.7% per year compounded over 5 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

How energy efficient is Apartment 23, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ?

The current EPC rating for Apartment 23, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ is B with a score of 81 out of 100, lodged in November 2022. Source: EPC Register.

How big is Apartment 23, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ?

Apartment 23, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (560 sq ft), around 26 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 25% smaller than the median EPC-recorded property in CH1 1HJ. Source: EPC Register.

What heating system does Apartment 23, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ use?

The latest EPC at Apartment 23, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ records electricity as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What is the council tax band for Apartment 23, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ?

Apartment 23, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ is in council tax band E.

Which area is Apartment 23, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ in?

Apartment 23, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ sits in Chester. It falls within the CH1 postcode district.

How safe is the area around Apartment 23, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ?

Police records around Apartment 23, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ show an average of 3 reported crimes per month over the last 8 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 50% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

What schools are near Apartment 23, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ?

The closest primary school to Apartment 23, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ is The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy (239m), one of 18 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is Chester International School (693m), with 5 secondaries in the surrounding area.

How well connected is Apartment 23, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ?

The closest bus stop to Apartment 23, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ is Steam Mill Street, 89m away. The nearest rail option is Chester Rail Station, 544m away.

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Apartment 23, 156 Foregate Street, Chester, CH1 1HJ

EPC B3 sales on record

Property type

Mid terrace

Floor 01

Bedrooms

Bathrooms

Floor area

52 m²

560 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 81

Council tax

Band E

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About Apartment 23

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Apartment 23 is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Chester (CH1 1HJ). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. At 52 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (52–139 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the top. Other recorded features include a balcony. The latest certificate (November 2022) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. The rating has held steady at B across 2 certificates since January 2011. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. Main heating runs on electricity.

Untraded for 20 years, with the last transfer in August 2006. At 52 m² it's 23.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (68 m² median across 56 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 86% of similar EPCs). Across 2001–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £176,000 is 17.3% above the 2006 sale price.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

Bedrooms2
Bathrooms2
Dining roomYes

Outside

ParkingAllocated
BalconyYes

Building

Central heatingYes

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Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Apartment 23's carbon output is low for the local stock.

Current Certificate(1 of 2)

Nov 2022

EPC Rating

B81

Main Heating

Electric

Main Fuel

Electric

Hot Water

Very Poor

Windows

Good

CO2 Emissions

1.4 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Property Improvements

Changes detected from historical EPC data

Nov 2022from Jan 2011

Hot Water

AverageVery Poor

Hot water efficiency decreased

Low Energy Lighting

0%100%

More low energy lighting installed

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Late 20th century1st Floor FlatEPC BNo mains gas

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Apartment 23, 156 Foregate Street, Chester, CH1 1HJ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Apartment 23 has no planning applications on record.

But the area is active

1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Apartment 23 saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.

Current estimate

£176,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.7% per year over 5 years.

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Last sold (2006)

£150,000

Growth on file: 3.7% per year over 5 years.

Sales timeline

21 August 2006Most recent
£150,000
14 February 2003
£150,000
+19.0%over 1 year
31 October 2001
£126,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in CH1 1HJ: £240,000 (2024–2022).

Nearby sales in CH1 1HJ

On the street

Versus other Foregate Street homes

Four headline reads against 54 similar flats on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On floor area, Apartment 23 runs well behind the street norm.

Price per m²

£2,885

Street avg £2,734

Above

Floor Area

52 m²

Street avg 73 m²

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

3 rooms

Street avg 3 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

1.4 t/year

Street avg 2.8 t/year

Strongly above

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Comparables

Similar properties nearby

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Steam Mill Street — bus stop.

Closest school

0.2 km

The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy. 23 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CH1 1HJ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

53.1dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for CH1 1HJ

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

43.5dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

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