1 Thackeray Drive, Vicars Cross, Chester, CH3 5LP

1 Thackeray Drive is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Vicars Cross, Chester, Chester (CH3 5LP). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2013) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in May 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in July 1998. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £248,000 sits 284.5% above the 1998 sale of £64,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£72/sq ft) was about 69.8% below the postcode norm. At 83 m² it's 15.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (99 m² median across 19 EPCs).