Limes Cottage, Holme Street, Tarvin, Chester, CH3 8EQ
About Limes Cottage
Limes Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Tarvin, Chester, Chester (CH3 8EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1029 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2010) shows a C (score 70). The latest certificate is from March 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 96 m² it sits well below the postcode median (202 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £560,000 is 28.7% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£423/sq ft) was about 77.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in June 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2017.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
Limes Cottage ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 02 Mar 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jun 2017ConditionsIn report
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission 13/00842/FUL to change external materials and increase the size of the balcony
- Agent
- SBS Design Ltd
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 17/02165/S73
What's in Limes Cottage, Holme Street, Tarvin, Chester, CH3 8EQ's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
£560,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£435,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
11 June 2015Most recent
£435,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH3 8EQ: £1,050,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in CH3 8EQ
Holme Bank, Sangster, Holme Street, Tarvin, Chester, CH3 8EQ
Sold Sept 2024
£1,330,000Meadow Barn, Holme Street, Tarvin, Chester, CH3 8EQ
Sold Jun 2023
£1,050,000Holme Glen, Holme Street, Tarvin, Chester, CH3 8EQ
Sold Jan 2023
£1,800,000The Limes, Holme Street, Tarvin, Chester, CH3 8EQ
Sold Jul 2022
£925,000Bank Cottage, Holme Street, Tarvin, Chester, CH3 8EQ
Sold Jun 2021
£585,000
Everything we know about Limes Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Holme Street homes
Limes Cottage outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,549
Street avg £3,527
Floor Area
96 m²
Street avg 253 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 9 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.5 t/year
Street avg 13.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Grosvenor Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Tarvin Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.6dB