Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
26 Barnston Court is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Farndon, Chester, Chester (CH3 6PQ). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2019) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (September 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Last sale on file: £185,000 in October 2022. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £206,000 is 11.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£331/sq ft) was about 51.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Certificate validity
Valid until 23 August 2029
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26 Barnston Court has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 2000.
£206,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.1% per year over 22 years.
£185,000
Growth on file: 5.1% per year over 22 years.
27 October 2022Most recent
£185,000
+27.6%over 8 years20 March 2014
£145,000
+70.6%over 11 years28 July 2002
£85,000
+39.3%over 2 years2 July 2000
£61,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH3 6PQ: £185,000 (2023–2020).
14 Barnston Court, Farndon, Chester, CH3 6PQ
Sold Nov 2023
1 Barnston Court, Farndon, Chester, CH3 6PQ
Sold Aug 2022
3 Barnston Court, Farndon, Chester, CH3 6PQ
Sold Nov 2021
8 Barnston Court, Farndon, Chester, CH3 6PQ
Sold Jan 2021
29 Barnston Court, Farndon, Chester, CH3 6PQ
Sold Jan 2020
Years Held for 26 Barnston Court lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,558
Street avg £2,491
Floor Area
52 m²
Street avg 58 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.7 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
94/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Church Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Farndon Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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