1 Barnston Court, Farndon, Chester, CH3 6PQ

1 Barnston Court is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Farndon, Chester, Chester (CH3 6PQ). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since June 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 83 m² the property is well over the postcode median (51 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £270,000 is 20% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£252/sq ft) was about 15.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2022 for £225,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.