81 Mill Lane, Upton, Chester, CH2 1BS
About 81 Mill Lane
81 Mill Lane is a five-bedroom detached house in Upton, Chester, Chester (CH2 1BS). It has a recorded floor area of 215 m² (around 2314 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).
At 215 m² the property is well over the postcode median (141 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £864,000 is 15.2% above the 2022 sale price. Last sale on file: £750,000 in May 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- DrivewayYes
Building
- Underfloor heatingYes
- Previously extendedYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
81 Mill Lane's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
2 applications on record at 81 Mill Lane, Upton, Chester, CH2 1BS
- Mar 2007ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 07/00169/FUL
- More recent applications — locked
- DemolitionJan 2012Decision
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Sales history & valuation
81 Mill Lane has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2002.
£864,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.1% per year over 20 years.
£750,000
Growth on file: 5.1% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
12 May 2022Most recent
£750,000
+172.7%over 19 years16 May 2002
£275,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH2 1BS: £640,000 (2023–2018).
Nearby sales in CH2 1BS
Versus other Mill Lane homes
Price per m² for 81 Mill Lane lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,488
Street avg £3,773
Floor Area
215 m²
Street avg 166 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.9 t/year
Street avg 7.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Egerton Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Mill View Primary School. 18 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.2dB







