8 Duke Street, Chester, CH1 1RP

8 Duke Street is a mid-terrace house in Chester (CH1 1RP). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 527 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since October 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 2-band jump.

At 49 m² it sits well below the postcode median (101 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: December 2021 at £200,000. 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. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £259,000 is 29.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£379/sq ft) was about 80.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.