21 Barkhill Road, Vicars Cross, Chester, CH3 5JQ

21 Barkhill Road is a detached house in Vicars Cross, Chester, Chester (CH3 5JQ). It has a recorded floor area of 141 m² (around 1518 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2013) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 22 years, with the last transfer in July 2004. At 141 m² the property is well over the postcode median (97 m² across 14 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. Today's modelled estimate of £429,000 sits 71.6% above the 2004 sale of £250,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£165/sq ft) was about 15.6% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.