2a Kings Buildings, King Street, Chester, CH1 2AJ

2a Kings Buildings is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Chester (CH1 2AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. At 94 m² this is the 8th smallest of 13 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 26–358 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (74 versus a worst of 52). The latest certificate (June 2020) shows a C (score 74). When first surveyed in October 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good.

Sold June 2022 for £360,000. 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 94 m² it's 17.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (80 m² median across 14 EPCs). Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£356/sq ft) was about 77.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused.