Oakfields, Woodbank Lane, Woodbank, Chester, CH1 6JD

Oakfields is a five-bedroom detached house in Woodbank, Chester, Chester (CH1 6JD). It has a recorded floor area of 455 m² (around 4898 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The property has solar panels and underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on oil.

At 455 m² the property is well over the postcode median (236 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £1,047,000 sits 127.6% above the 2013 sale of £460,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£94/sq ft) was about 50.8% below the postcode norm. On the market in June 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2013.