17 Ash Bank, Pipers Ash, Guilden Sutton, Chester, CH3 7EH

17 Ash Bank is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Guilden Sutton, Chester, Chester (CH3 7EH). It has a recorded floor area of 129 m² (around 1389 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2016) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (April 2016); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a balcony.

Held since September 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 129 m² the property is well over the postcode median (99 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £354,000 sits 1498.1% above the 2002 sale of £22,151. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£16/sq ft) was about 93.2% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.