5 Cuppin Street, Chester, CH1 2BN

5 Cuppin Street is an end-of-terrace house in Chester (CH1 2BN). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since February 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £363,000 is 23.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£295/sq ft) was about 33% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 93 m² it's 24% larger than the typical home in the postcode (75 m² median across 8 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Sold September 2021 for £295,000. 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. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.