Silver Birch Cottage, Stamford Lane, Cotton Edmunds, Chester, CH3 7QD

Silver Birch Cottage is a detached house in Cotton Edmunds, Chester, Chester (CH3 7QD). It has a recorded floor area of 191 m² (around 2056 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (January 2026) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in September 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 69). Main heating runs on oil. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.

Across 2002–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £984,000 is 18% below the 2021 sale of £1,200,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £1,200,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2016.