5 Somerset Road, Newton, Chester, CH2 2QD

5 Somerset Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Newton, Chester, Chester (CH2 2QD). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 55 m² it's 26.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (75 m² median across 8 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2001–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £184,000 is 38.3% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£225/sq ft) was about 39.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in June 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years.