5 Cuppin Street, Chester, CH1 2BN
About 5 Cuppin Street
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.
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. Across 2002–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.5% per year. 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.
Energy performance
5 Cuppin Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
More low energy lighting installed
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Planning history
3 applications on record at 5 Cuppin Street, Chester, CH1 2BN
- Aug 2005Change of UseAmendmentOutcome in report
Change of use from offices to dwelling
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 05/00997/COU
- More recent applications — locked
- RenovationJun 2023Decision
- RenovationJun 2023Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 5 Cuppin Street was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£363,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.5% per year over 19 years.
£295,000
Growth on file: 3.5% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
2 September 2021Most recent
£295,000
+28.3%over 2 years3 January 2019
£230,000
+31.4%over 9 years24 March 2009
£175,000
+15.9%over 7 years8 March 2002
£151,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH1 2BN: £265,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in CH1 2BN
Versus other Cuppin Street homes
5 Cuppin Street is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£3,172
Street avg £2,901
Floor Area
93 m²
Street avg 108 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.5 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Grosvenor Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Chester International School. 23 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
46.0dB







