8 Derwent Road, Chester, CH2 2PZ

8 Derwent Road is a two-bedroom detached house in Chester (CH2 2PZ). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 589 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. At 55 m² this is the 6th smallest of 19 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 41–110 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (July 2009) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). The latest certificate is from July 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 1998 — that's 28 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. Today's modelled estimate of £128,000 sits 255.6% above the 1998 sale of £36,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£61/sq ft) was about 56.5% below the postcode norm. At 55 m² it's 17.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (67 m² median across 18 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs).