Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
The Old Vicarage is a seven-bedroom detached house in Tarvin, Chester, Chester (CH3 8EB). It has a recorded floor area of 390 m² (around 4202 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (January 2010) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 44). The latest certificate is from January 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 390 m² the property is well over the postcode median (67 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 7 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 10 years since the last transfer (June 2016). Across 1996–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,305,000 is 11.1% above the 2016 sale price.
The Old Vicarage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 07 Jan 2020
Certificate validity
Expired on 7 January 2020
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Because the property was built before 1919, is a listed building, and is a large detached home over 300m², we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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The Old Vicarage has been through 4 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
7 applications on record at The Old Vicarage, Church Street, Tarvin, Chester, CH3 8EB
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Latest sale on The Old Vicarage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,305,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.9% per year over 20 years.
£1,175,000
Growth on file: 6.9% per year over 20 years.
2 June 2016Most recent
£1,175,000
+221.9%over 17 years29 October 1998
£365,000
+19.7%over 2 years27 March 1996
£305,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH3 8EB: £700,000 (2025–2023).
The Flaggs, Church Street, Tarvin, Chester, CH3 8EB
Sold Nov 2025
Hamilton House, Church Street, Tarvin, Chester, CH3 8EB
Sold Jul 2025
Glebe Cottage, Church Street, Tarvin, Chester, CH3 8EB
Sold Feb 2024
2 Tarvin Mews, Church Street, Tarvin, Chester, CH3 8EB
Sold Jan 2024
1 Church View Cottages, Church Street, Tarvin, Chester, CH3 8EB
Sold Mar 2023
On price per m², The Old Vicarage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,010
Street avg £3,885
Floor Area
390 m²
Street avg 137 m²
Habitable Rooms
14 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
32.0 t/year
Street avg 6.5 t/year
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
94/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
St Andrew's Church — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Tarvin Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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