The Manse, Church Street, Farndon, Chester, CH3 6QU

The Manse is a semi-detached house in Farndon, Chester, Chester (CH3 6QU). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2014) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since February 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 71 m² it sits well below the postcode median (112 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £325,000 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. Across 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£425/sq ft) was about 187.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused.