Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Corner Cottage is a detached house in Woodbank, Chester, Chester (CH1 6HY). It has a recorded floor area of 169 m² (around 1819 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (October 2014) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). The latest certificate is from October 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since January 2000 — that's 27 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. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £546,000 sits 230.9% above the 2000 sale of £165,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£91/sq ft) was about 65.7% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Corner Cottage ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 09 Oct 2024
Certificate validity
Expired on 9 October 2024
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Because the property was built before 1919, has been extended more than once, and has no mains gas supply, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Corner Cottage has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
3 applications on record at Corner Cottage, Shotwick Lane, Woodbank, Chester, CH1 6HY
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Corner Cottage's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2000).
£546,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£165,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
28 January 2000Most recent
£165,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH1 6HY: £457,000 (2024–2002).
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Sold Aug 2012
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Sold Jun 2002
On price per m², Corner Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£976
Street avg £2,932
Floor Area
169 m²
Street avg 185 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 12.4 t/year
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431/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.7 km
Shotwick Dale Bridge — bus stop.
Closest school
2.2 km
Capenhurst CofE Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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