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

5 Kings Buildings is a mid-terrace house in Chester (CH1 2AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 358 m² (around 3853 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (December 2025) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since August 2015. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.

Across 2014–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 18.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £870,000 is 36% below the 2021 sale of £1,360,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£353/sq ft) was about 69.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 358 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Sold January 2021 for £1,360,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.