17 Pentre Close, Ashton Hayes, Chester, CH3 8BR

17 Pentre Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Ashton Hayes, Chester, Chester (CH3 8BR). It has a recorded floor area of 153 m² (around 1647 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows a C (score 73). When first surveyed in September 2021 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81). Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 153 m² the property is well over the postcode median (116 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 79% of similar EPCs). Across 2021–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 104.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£386/sq ft) was about 62.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £635,000 in February 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.