23 Appleyards Lane, Handbridge, Chester, CH4 7DR

23 Appleyards Lane is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Handbridge, Chester, Chester (CH4 7DR). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2016) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (November 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 114 m² it's 26.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (90 m² median across 12 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2001–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £363,000 is 29.6% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£228/sq ft) was about 24.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2019 at £280,000.