5 Laurel Grove, Hoole, Chester, CH2 3HU

5 Laurel Grove is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Hoole, Chester, Chester (CH2 3HU). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £453,000 is 13.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£273/sq ft) was about 21.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 136 m² the property is well over the postcode median (93 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £400,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.