16 Lord Street, Chester, CH3 5DL

16 Lord Street is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Chester (CH3 5DL). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.

One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2011. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 123 m² it's 23% larger than the typical home in the postcode (100 m² median across 27 EPCs). Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £306,000 is 10.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£208/sq ft) was about 41.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £276,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.