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About Victoria House
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Victoria House is a detached house in Chester (CH1 2NW). It has a recorded floor area of 128 m² (around 1378 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 3-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£276/sq ft) was about 40.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 128 m² the property is well over the postcode median (43 m² across 64 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer: August 2020 at £380,000.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Victoria House sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
F
F30
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
12.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Victoria House has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1996.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£416,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.4% per year over 24 years.
Last sold (2020)
£380,000
Growth on file: 4.4% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Grey Friars homes
Four headline reads against 61 similar flats on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On epc rating, Victoria House runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,969
Street avg £3,055
Floor Area
128 m²
Street avg 50 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 2 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Chester district page.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Nicholas Street Mews — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CH1 2NW from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.4dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 51 points of interest in total.
Beautiful places to visit nearby
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Common questions
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