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Get started3 Ashby Place is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Hoole, Chester, Chester (CH2 3AG). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2023) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (February 2016); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a corner plot.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£444/sq ft) was about 107% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £382,500 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
3 Ashby Place sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Replace front and rear windows, front door and rear patio doors. Raise roof to single-storey rear extension. Replace timber outbuilding with blockwork building with slate roof and external render. External render to some external walls to the rear with new gutters and downpipes.
Latest sale on 3 Ashby Place was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£395,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.6% per year over 25 years.
£382,500
Growth on file: 6.6% per year over 25 years.
On price per m², 3 Ashby Place stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,781
Street avg £2,777
Floor Area
80 m²
Street avg 97 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
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
Lightfoot Street — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.8dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Hot water system changed
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Wall insulation improved
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
More low energy lighting installed
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Blue Spruce or similar.I'd like to fell this tree. It was planted in early 1970's by a previous homeowner. It is now over 40 feet tall and dominates the area. It blocks light to all properties around it and undermines the growth of grass and other plants.
26 March 2021Most recent
£382,500
+23.4%over 4 years7 July 2016
£310,000
+131.3%over 16 years12 May 2000
£134,000
+79.9%over 4 years29 September 1995
£74,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH2 3AG: £345,000 (2020–2013).
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.1 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
CH2 3PX
Closest school
0.5 km
Newton Primary School. 22 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.2dB
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