15 King Street, Chester, CH1 2AH

15 King Street is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Chester (CH1 2AH). It has a recorded floor area of 126 m² (around 1356 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. The latest certificate (January 2017) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 4 certificates since April 2016. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 4-band jump.

Untraded for 30 years, with the last transfer in October 1996. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £464,000 sits 494.9% above the 1996 sale of £78,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£58/sq ft) was about 77.4% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.