1a, Belgrave Street, Chester, CH1 3DF

1a is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Chester (CH1 3DF). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 57 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 10 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 11–113 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (48 versus a best of 87). Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 57 m² it's 24% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (75 m² median across 9 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). Across 2006–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £154,000 is 33.9% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£187/sq ft) was about 30.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in April 2015.