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Get started4 Church Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Sealand, Chester, Chester (CH1 6BR). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since December 2008. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Across 2005–2013, sale prices here grew 0% per year, broadly in step with England's 0% HPI growth. Today's modelled estimate of £249,000 sits 66% above the 2013 sale of £150,000. At 75 m² it sits well below the postcode median (145 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2002. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 13 years ago, in May 2013.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Council records include a two-storey rear extension at 4 Church Cottages.
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Two storey rear extension
4 Church Cottages saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£249,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£150,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
On floor area, 4 Church Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,000
Street avg £2,333
Floor Area
75 m²
Street avg 138 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Deeside Lane — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
40.0dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Window efficiency improved
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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10 May 2013Most recent
£150,000
+3.4%over 3 years8 April 2010
£145,000
-3.3%over 5 years24 March 2005
£150,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH1 6BR: £380,000 (2025–2015).
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Sold Sept 2015
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 5.9 t/year
CH1 6DW
Closest school
1.5 km
Saughall All Saints Church of England Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.0dB
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