78 High Street, Tarvin, Chester, CH3 8JB

78 High Street is a semi-detached house in Tarvin, Chester, Chester (CH3 8JB). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since November 2008. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £392,000 is 20.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£328/sq ft) was about 45% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 84% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £325,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.