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EPC B
About 17 Benton Drive
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
17 Benton Drive is a two-bedroom detached house in Chester (CH2 2RD). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2023) returns a high B (score 86), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. Main heating runs on electricity. At 60 m² this is the 13th smallest of 42 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 44–120 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (86 versus a worst of 61).
Held since December 2007 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 9.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. At 60 m² it's 24% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (79 m² median across 41 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode.
What this property has
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Inside
- Bedrooms2
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
17 Benton Drive ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
A
B
B86
C
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Electric
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
1.5 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
17 Benton Drive has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1998.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£146,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.2% per year over 9 years.
Last sold (2007)
£135,000
Growth on file: 9.2% per year over 9 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Benton Drive homes
Four headline reads against 9 similar flats on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
17 Benton Drive outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,250
Street avg £2,314
Floor Area
60 m²
Street avg 54 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
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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
Waterloo Road — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CH2 2RD from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.6dB
Everything within walking distance
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