What type of property is Apartment 53, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ?

Apartment 53, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ is a 2-bedroom end-of-terrace house.

What was the last sold price for Apartment 53, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ?

Apartment 53, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ last sold for £285,000 in August 2022, around 4 years ago. Land Registry has 4 sales on record going back to £216,495 in November 2000. Source: HM Land Registry.

How has the value of Apartment 53, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ changed over time?

Across 4 sales between November 2000 and August 2022, Apartment 53, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ rose from £216,495 to £285,000, a change of £68,505. That works out to roughly +1.3% per year compounded over 22 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What energy rating does Apartment 53, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ have?

The current EPC rating for Apartment 53, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ is C with a score of 80 out of 100, lodged in August 2016. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of Apartment 53, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ?

Apartment 53, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (904 sq ft), around 42 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 25% larger than the median EPC-recorded property in CH1 1HJ. Source: EPC Register.

How is Apartment 53, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ heated?

The latest EPC at Apartment 53, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ records electricity as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What council tax band is Apartment 53, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ?

Apartment 53, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ is in council tax band E.

Where is Apartment 53, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ located?

Apartment 53, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ sits in Chester. It falls within the CH1 postcode district.

What is crime like near Apartment 53, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ?

Police records around Apartment 53, 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.

Which schools serve Apartment 53, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ?

The closest primary school to Apartment 53, 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.

What transport links are near Apartment 53, 156 Foregate Street, CH1 1HJ?

The closest bus stop to Apartment 53, 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 53, 156 Foregate Street, Chester, CH1 1HJ

4 sales on record

Property type

End terrace

Floor 3rd

Bedrooms

Bathrooms

Floor area

84 m²

904 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 80

Council tax

Band E

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About Apartment 53

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

Apartment 53 is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Chester (CH1 1HJ). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. At 84 m² this is the 48th smallest of 57 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 52–139 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 57 units on file. Other recorded features include a balcony. The latest certificate (August 2016) shows a C (score 80), near the top of the C band. Main heating runs on electricity.

Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £285,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. At 84 m² it's 25.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (67 m² median across 56 EPCs). Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£315/sq ft) was about 31.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.

Specifications

What this property has

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Inside

Bedrooms2
Bathrooms2
EnsuiteYes

Outside

ParkingUnderground
BalconyYes

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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.

EPC Rating

C80

Main Heating

Electric

Main Fuel

Electric

Hot Water

Average

Windows

Average

CO2 Emissions

3.0 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Apartment 53, 156 Foregate Street, Chester, CH1 1HJ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Apartment 53 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 53's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.

Current estimate

£269,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.3% per year over 22 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£285,000

Growth on file: 1.3% per year over 22 years.

Sales timeline

24 August 2022Most recent
£285,000
+9.6%over 5 years
22 June 2017
£260,000
+5.1%over 5 years
21 July 2011
£247,500
+14.3%over 10 years
30 November 2000
£216,495

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.

Years Held for Apartment 53 lags the street by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£3,393

Street avg £2,724

Strongly above

Floor Area

84 m²

Street avg 72 m²

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

3 rooms

Street avg 3 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

3.0 t/year

Street avg 2.8 t/year

Below

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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

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60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

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