21 West Bank, Abbots Park, Chester, CH1 4BD

21 West Bank is a one-bedroom detached house in Chester (CH1 4BD). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 465 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. At 43 m² this is the 4th smallest of 23 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 41–143 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (April 2009) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 63). The latest certificate is from April 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £107,000 sits 336.7% above the 1995 sale of £24,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£53/sq ft) was about 75.1% below the postcode norm. At 43 m² it's 22.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (56 m² median across 22 EPCs).