Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Flat is a mid-terrace house in Tarvin, Chester, Chester (CH3 8EE). It has a recorded floor area of 97 m² (around 1044 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2016) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 97 m² this is the 8th 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.
At 97 m² it's 21.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (123 m² median across 23 EPCs).
Flat'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 19 Feb 2026
Certificate validity
Expired on 19 February 2026
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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.
From £820 · Includes VAT
Flat has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Flat has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£173,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
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 Flat lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
40 (E)
Street avg 54 (E)
Floor Area
97 m²
Street avg 129 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.3 t/year
Street avg 6.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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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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Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.9dB