18 Abbottsford Drive, Penyffordd, Chester, CH4 0JG

18 Abbottsford Drive is a detached house in Penyffordd, Chester, Chester (CH4 0JG). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. Earlier certificates rated it C (January 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), 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: 7.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £261,000 is 37.4% above the 2012 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£249/sq ft) was about 28.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 71 m² it sits well below the postcode median (102 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On the market in October 2012 and unlisted since — roughly 14 years.