1 Bache Drive, Chester, CH2 2JB

1 Bache Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Chester (CH2 2JB). It has a recorded floor area of 148 m² (around 1593 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in November 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). Other recorded features include a basement. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 14.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£389/sq ft) was about 91.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 148 m² the property is well over the postcode median (109 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £620,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.