Quarry Cottage, Stannage Lane, Churton, Chester, CH3 6LE

Quarry Cottage is a detached house in Churton, Chester, Chester (CH3 6LE). It has a recorded floor area of 160 m² (around 1722 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2023) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in June 2020 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, main heating went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since April 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. 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 £783,000 sits 277.3% above the 1999 sale of £207,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£120/sq ft) was about 47.5% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused. At 160 m² it's 19.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (198 m² median across 19 EPCs).