10 Arden Close, Tarvin, Chester, CH3 8JN

10 Arden Close is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Tarvin, Chester, Chester (CH3 8JN). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2015) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (September 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since January 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 74 m² the property is well over the postcode median (50 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £236,000 sits 94.2% above the 2004 sale of £121,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£153/sq ft) was about 49.3% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2024.