Charlwood, Bretton Lane, Bretton, Chester, CH4 0DX

Charlwood is a three-bedroom detached house in Bretton, Chester, Chester (CH4 0DX). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1141 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2013) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2012 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.

At 106 m² it's 26.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (145 m² median across 23 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £345,000 is 29.2% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£234/sq ft) was about 16.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in December 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.