The Old Engravers, Flat C, 7 King Street, Chester, CH1 2AH

The Old Engravers is a mid-terrace house in Chester (CH1 2AH). It has a recorded floor area of 35 m² (around 377 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 35 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across The Old Engravers (35–35 m²). On EPC score it ranks last in the building (71 versus a best of 71). The latest certificate (November 2024) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in February 2022 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good.

At 35 m² it sits well below the postcode median (139 m² across 30 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£770/sq ft) was about 204.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £290,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.