Holly Cottage, Seahill Road, Saughall, Chester, CH1 6BJ

Holly Cottage is a detached house in Saughall, Chester, Chester (CH1 6BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and lighting dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.

At 99 m² it sits well below the postcode median (156 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £311,000 is 29.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£225/sq ft) was about 31.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2021 at £240,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.