High Walls Cottage, Birch Heath Lane, Christleton, Chester, CH3 7AP

High Walls Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Christleton, Chester, Chester (CH3 7AP). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2014) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 67 m² it sits well below the postcode median (165 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £499,000 is 20.2% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£575/sq ft) was about 81.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in March 2015, so it's been off the market for around 11 years.