2 Housesteads Drive, Hoole, Chester, CH2 3DL
About 2 Housesteads Drive
2 Housesteads Drive is a three-bedroom detached house in Hoole, Chester, Chester (CH2 3DL). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2022) returns a B (score 84), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in March 2022 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since.
Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in June 2007. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 108 m² the property is well over the postcode median (70 m² across 44 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 1995–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £342,000 sits 62.9% above the 2007 sale of £210,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£181/sq ft) was about 20.6% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension, a garage conversion and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
2 Housesteads Drive ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Solar PV panels (40 kWp) installed
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Planning history
4 applications on record at 2 Housesteads Drive, Hoole, Chester, CH2 3DL
- Feb 2006Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
Crown lift by 5m, crown clean and thin (T1 lime) and re-pollard (T2 lime)
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- 06/00041/TPO
- More recent applications — locked
- Tree WorksSept 2025Decision
- Garage ConversionJan 2010Decision
+ 1 more application in the report
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1995.
£342,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.1% per year over 11 years.
£210,000
Growth on file: 10.1% per year over 11 years.
Sales timeline
7 June 2007Most recent
£210,000
+11.1%over 3 years24 July 2003
£189,000
+112.4%over 4 years26 May 1999
£89,000
+27.1%over 3 years19 December 1995
£70,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH2 3DL: £310,000 (2025–2024).
Nearby sales in CH2 3DL
37 Housesteads Drive, Hoole, Chester, CH2 3DL
Sold Aug 2025
£274,00028 Housesteads Drive, Hoole, Chester, CH2 3DL
Sold Jul 2025
£305,00033 Housesteads Drive, Hoole, Chester, CH2 3DL
Sold Apr 2025
£310,0009 Housesteads Drive, Hoole, Chester, CH2 3DL
Sold Dec 2024
£325,00016 Housesteads Drive, Hoole, Chester, CH2 3DL
Sold May 2024
£253,000
Versus other Housesteads Drive homes
EPC Rating for 2 Housesteads Drive runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,944
Street avg £3,167
Floor Area
108 m²
Street avg 73 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.4 t/year
Street avg 3.1 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
0.2 km
Hoole Church of England Primary School. 22 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.3dB







