24 Somerset Road, Newton, Chester, CH2 2QE

24 Somerset Road is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Newton, Chester, Chester (CH2 2QE). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows an F (score 21), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 3 certificates since April 2021. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 4-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 59 m² it's 15.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (70 m² median across 19 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £208,000 is 23.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£265/sq ft) was about 66% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2021 for £168,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.