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Boughton Hall, Apartment 7, Filkins Lane, Chester, CH3 5BG

3 sales on record2 planning records
Property type
End terrace
Floor 1st
Habitable rooms
4
From EPC
Floor area
105 m²
1130 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 53
Council tax
Band F
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Boughton Hall

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Boughton Hall is an end-of-terrace house in Chester (CH3 5BG). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band F. At 105 m² this is the 76th smallest of 80 units on EPC record in Boughton Hall, where floor areas span 47–157 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (53 versus a best of 84). The latest certificate (June 2020) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (December 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 105 m² the property is well over the postcode median (76 m² across 79 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 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, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2011–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£482/sq ft) was about 15.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2021 for £545,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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Valuation

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Risks

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Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Boughton Hall sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.

Current Certificate(1 of 2)
Jun 2020

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E53
F
G
Main Heating
Electric
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Very Poor
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
4.5 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied

Property Improvements

Changes detected from historical EPC data

Jun 2020from Dec 2009
EPC improved fromD62toE53
Heating Controls
Prog + StatThermostat

Heating controls changed

Hot Water
Immersion (Off-Peak)Immersion

Hot water system changed

Low Energy Lighting
6%67%

More low energy lighting installed

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Boughton Hall, Apartment 7, Filkins Lane, Chester, CH3 5BG, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Boughton Hall has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.

  1. Jul 2014
    Conditions
    In report

    Discharge of condition 3 of listed building consent 14/00699/LBC to install secondary glazing

    Listed
    Documents
    2 docs on file
    Reference
    14/02787/DIS
    View planning record
  2. Jun 2014
    RenovationHeritage
    In report

    Install secondary glazing

    New Windows
    Documents
    7 docs on file
    Reference
    14/00699/LBC
    View planning record
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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Latest sale on Boughton Hall was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.

Current estimate

£591,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.4% per year over 10 years.

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Last sold (2021)

£545,000

Growth on file: 3.4% per year over 10 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 26 March 2021Most recent

    £545,000

    +27.5%over 6 years
  2. 7 November 2014

    £427,500

    +8.2%over 3 years
  3. 29 June 2011

    £395,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in CH3 5BG: £375,000 (2025–2024).

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On the street

Versus other Filkins Lane homes

Four headline reads against 79 similar flats on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On epc rating, Boughton Hall runs well behind the street norm.

Price per m²

£5,190

Street avg £4,647

Above

Floor Area

105 m²

Street avg 77 m²

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

4 rooms

Street avg 3 rooms

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

4.5 t/year

Street avg 2.3 t/year

Strongly below
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Chester district page.

Crime

1/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

The Peacock — bus stop.

Closest school

0.3 km

Cherry Grove Primary School. 21 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CH3 5BG from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for CH3 5BG

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

54.0dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for CH3 5BG

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

44.6dB

Low
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60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
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80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Boughton Hall, Apartment 7, Filkins Lane, Chester, CH3 5BG. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.