Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Beech Tree Barn is a semi-detached house in Tarvin, Chester, Chester (CH3 8EE). It has a recorded floor area of 170 m² (around 1830 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2015) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (August 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Poor; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 170 m² the property is well over the postcode median (123 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in December 2015. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2001–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £548,000 is 28.9% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£232/sq ft) was about 53.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2015.
Beech Tree Barn's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 15 Apr 2025
Certificate validity
Expired on 15 April 2025
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Because the property was built before 1919 and has solid (non-cavity) walls, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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1 application on record at Beech Tree Barn, High Street, Tarvin, Chester, CH3 8EE
Fell to Ground level two mature beech trees within the front and rear gardens of Beech Tree Barn. The twoo trees have been inspected by suitably qualified contractors and the Council Tree Officer and a significant decay fungi Ganoderma spp. has been identified in both trees. Further to this a visual inspection also identified a number of significant structural weaknessess and areas of decay, this leaves the tree at an increased risk of a substantial failure of part or parts of the tree failing. The trees will be removed for reasons of safety.
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Beech Tree Barn valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£548,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.3% per year over 14 years.
£425,000
Growth on file: 2.3% per year over 14 years.
17 December 2015Most recent
£425,000
-1.2%over 1 year31 January 2014
£430,000
+17.0%over 8 years20 December 2005
£367,500
+20.5%over 4 years17 July 2001
£305,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH3 8EE: £260,000 (2025–2021).
61 High Street, Tarvin, Chester, CH3 8EE
Sold Feb 2025
26 High Street, Tarvin, Chester, CH3 8EE
Sold Mar 2024
24 High Street, Tarvin, Chester, CH3 8EE
Sold Jan 2023
34 High Street, Tarvin, Chester, CH3 8EE
Sold Apr 2021
63 High Street, Tarvin, Chester, CH3 8EE
Sold Feb 2021
EPC Rating for Beech Tree Barn lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,500
Street avg £2,523
Floor Area
170 m²
Street avg 165 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 10.5 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
0.0 km
Methodist Church — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Tarvin Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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