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Get started2 Old Farm Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Sealand, Chester, Chester (CH1 6BB). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2024) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 2.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£245/sq ft) was about 25.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It changed hands recently, sold July 2025 for £308,500. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs).
2 Old Farm Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
2 Old Farm Cottages has 3 separate extension applications on the council record.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of a single storey pitched roof rear extension
£332,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.7% per year over 21 years.
£308,500
Growth on file: 2.7% per year over 21 years.
Years Held for 2 Old Farm Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,637
Street avg £2,619
Floor Area
117 m²
Street avg 142 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.0 km
Burgess — bus stop.
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Hot water efficiency improved
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of a single storey pitched roof rear extension
1 more application for this property
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3 July 2025Most recent
£308,500
+31.8%over 5 years28 August 2019
£234,000
+6.4%over 5 years8 November 2013
£220,000
+25.7%over 9 years16 January 2004
£175,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH1 6BB: £350,000 (2023–2006).
5 Old Farm Cottages Deeside Lane Sealand Chester
Sold Oct 2023
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Sold Dec 2021
1 Old Farm Cottages Deeside Lane Sealand Chester
Sold Mar 2021
4 Old Farm Cottages Deeside Lane Sealand Chester
Sold Oct 2018
7 Old Farm Cottages Deeside Lane Sealand Chester
Sold Aug 2006
CO₂ Emissions
6.4 t/year
Street avg 6.6 t/year
CH1 6NE
Closest school
2.3 km
Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College. 4 schools nearby.
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