48a, High Street, Tarvin, Chester, CH3 8EE

48a is a mid-terrace house in Tarvin, Chester, Chester (CH3 8EE). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2018) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in August 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. At 123 m² this is the 12th smallest of 24 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 58–853 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 24 units on file.

Held since December 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1995–1999, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £146,000 sits 284.2% above the 1999 sale of £38,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£29/sq ft) was about 86.8% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension, a porch and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.