Flat 3, 17 Hoole Road, Chester, CH2 3NH

Flat 3 is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Chester (CH2 3NH). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 60 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 3 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 33–60 m². On EPC score it ranks first in the building (67 versus a worst of 63). Other recorded features include a balcony. The latest certificate (May 2023) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since July 2012. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).

Held since October 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 19.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £281,000 is 13.3% above the 2002 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£384/sq ft) was about 137.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 60 m² it's 22.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (49 m² median across 37 EPCs).