70 Lightfoot Street, Hoole, Chester, CH2 3AL
About 70 Lightfoot Street
70 Lightfoot Street is a six-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hoole, Chester, Chester (CH2 3AL). It has a recorded floor area of 133 m² (around 1432 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2013) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since February 2011. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a basement.
At 133 m² the property is well over the postcode median (93 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £345,000 is 19.1% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£202/sq ft) was about 81.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Sold August 2022 for £289,600. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms6
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- BasementYes
Outside
- Private gardenFront and rear
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 22 May 2023
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Window efficiency improved
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
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Level 3 Building Survey
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Planning history
Council records show a subdivision application — the property's legal arrangement has been altered.
2 applications on record at 70 Lightfoot Street, Hoole, Chester, CH2 3AL
- Mar 2009HMOAmendmentOutcome in report
Change of use to house of multiple occupancy
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 09/10069/COU
- More recent applications — locked
- SubdivisionMar 2012Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 70 Lightfoot Street was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£345,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£289,600
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
11 August 2022Most recent
£289,600
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH2 3AL: £236,000 (2022–2020).
Nearby sales in CH2 3AL
72 Lightfoot Street, Hoole, Chester, CH2 3AL
Sold Jun 2022
£152,00074 Lightfoot Street, Hoole, Chester, CH2 3AL
Sold Feb 2022
£138,00069 Lightfoot Street, Hoole, Chester, CH2 3AL
Sold Jan 2022
£236,00055 Lightfoot Street, Hoole, Chester, CH2 3AL
Sold Dec 2021
£240,00065 Lightfoot Street, Hoole, Chester, CH2 3AL
Sold Dec 2020
£262,000
Versus other Lightfoot Street homes
Years Held for 70 Lightfoot Street lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,177
Street avg £1,798
Floor Area
133 m²
Street avg 89 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 3.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
St Werburghs School — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
St Werburgh's and St Columba's Catholic Primary School. 19 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.9dB

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