Summer Winds, Parkgate Road, Woodbank, Chester, CH1 6EZ
About Summer Winds
Summer Winds is a semi-detached house in Woodbank, Chester, Chester (CH1 6EZ). It has a recorded floor area of 131 m² (around 1410 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 59). Main heating runs on electricity.
At 131 m² it's 20.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (164 m² median across 7 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£319/sq ft) was about 95.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £450,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Summer Winds's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Summer Winds has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£459,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£450,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
1 September 2022Most recent
£450,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH1 6EZ: £375,000 (2024–2019).
Nearby sales in CH1 6EZ
Autumn Winds, Parkgate Road, Woodbank, Chester, CH1 6EZ
Sold Oct 2024
£375,000507 Parkgate Road, Woodbank, Chester, CH1 6EZ
Sold May 2021
£550,000Woodbank, Parkgate Road, Woodbank, Chester, CH1 6EZ
Sold Nov 2020
£440,000Red Roofs, Parkgate Road, Woodbank, Chester, CH1 6EZ
Sold Aug 2019
£25,000The Orchard, Parkgate Road, Woodbank, Chester, CH1 6EZ
Sold Oct 2013
£250,000
Versus other Parkgate Road homes
Price per m² for Summer Winds runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,435
Street avg £2,065
Floor Area
131 m²
Street avg 168 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 10.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Welsh Crossroads — bus stop.
Closest school
1.7 km
Capenhurst CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.3dB







